[Rezension von: Kato, Julius-Kei, Reading the Bible in a secular age : the New Testament as spiritual ancestry]
Julius-Kei Kato proposes that secular readers should read the Bible because it is part of the West’s spiritual heritage. He makes this case by describing the New Testament as a metaphorical ancestral village, where readers are invited to dialogue with and connect with their roots. Though the book so...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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European journal of theology
Year: 2025, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 359-361 |
| Review of: | Reading the Bible in a secular age (Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2023) (Wilson, Paul E.)
Reading the Bible in a secular age (Eugene : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2023) (Wilson, Paul E.) |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | Julius-Kei Kato proposes that secular readers should read the Bible because it is part of the West’s spiritual heritage. He makes this case by describing the New Testament as a metaphorical ancestral village, where readers are invited to dialogue with and connect with their roots. Though the book sometimes dilutes the distinctiveness of the texts in its purview, it offers a creative and integrated approach to biblical studies and a useful articulation of postmodern secularism. |
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| ISSN: | 2666-9730 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/EJT2025.2.012.WILS |
