Sentences with phrase «deconstructs biblicism»
Smith, a Catholic sociologist, wisely and graciously deconstructs Biblicism, an approach to reading the Bible common among American evangelicals that «emphasizes together the Bible's exclusive authority, infallibility, clarity, self - sufficiency, internal consistency, self - evident meaning, and universal applicability.»
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As important as it is to seek out better ways of reading the Bible, I think we have to start by deconstructing a bit, and Smith does a good job of addressing what has become a troublesome hallmark of American evangelical culture — biblicism.