The Erosion of Biblical Certainty epub.pub
A bright spry monograph that tells an interesting story smoothly and fills in a crucial gap in the history of early nineteenth century American Protestantism I ve been feeling for a few years now that the standard story about the shifting status of the Bible that reportedly begins in USA in the latter half of the nineteenth century is in fact an obviously older phenomenon even in America Lee s book fills in that gap pushing back many of the worries and concerns in American Protestantism about a century It s a nice complement to Sheehan s Enlightenment Bible For Mormon readers Lee s book is useful for demonstrating that the biblical concerns that Joseph Smith was grappling with were highly relevant in the religious landscape of his day 9781137299659
According to conventional wisdom by the late 1800s the image of Bible as a supernatural and infallible text crumbled in the eyes of intellectuals under the assaults of secularizing forces This book corrects the narrative by arguing that in America the road to skepticism had already been paved by the Scriptures most able and ardent defenders The Erosion of Biblical Certainty Battles over Authority and Interpretation in America.
