Fundamentalists — identified
by their biblical literalism — represent a pre-Enlightenment stance.
While insisting that he was not tempted
by biblical literalism, Karl Barth began his dogmatics by describing the liberal tradition of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Adolf von Harnack as «the plain destruction of Protestant theology and the Protestant church.»
The theological role of the Bible is controversial in many Quaker circles, especially since Quakerism acts as a last desperate handhold for many Christians who feel abused
by Biblical literalism and fundamentalism.
Not exact matches
By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond
biblical literalism.
In presenting this point of view I am not discussing the untenable position of
biblical literalism which holds that man's nature is corrupted
by the sin of a generic ancestor, Adam.
Even in educated circles the possibility of more sophisticated theologies of creation is easily obscured
by burning straw effigies of
biblical literalism.
Death Before the Fall:
Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering
by Ronald E. Osborn
There is, therefore, no long - range political advantage to be gained
by an effort to wrap Israel's security in a blanket of evangelical
biblical literalism.
Fundamentalism has been characterized
by (1) vigorous resistance to developments in the world of science that appeared to contradict the
Biblical text; (2)
Biblical literalism; (3) individualism; (4) moralism; and (5) insistence on belief in certain «fundamentals» such as the inerrancy of the Scriptures, the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, and his second coming.
Such a dismissive attitude toward Christian orthodoxy, fueled
by a supposed adherence to «
biblical literalism,» is an obstacle to genuine unity in the Body of Christ.
The
literalism was dictated
by their firm conviction as Christians that every word of the
biblical text was literally inspired
by God.
The fallacy of
Biblical literalism has been disproven
by scientists time and again.