According to the Scriptures?: The Challenge of Using the Bible in Social, Moral, and Political Questions

by Rogerson,J. W.

• ISBN13: 9781845531270
• ISBN10: 1845531272
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-08-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

If something is commanded in the Bible, the command must surely be obeyed if we are to be true to the Bible. This is what many people think, especially when they hear representatives of churches today arguing about moral issues. In fact, the matter is not as simple as this, and at various periods of history, churches have had quite differing views on how biblical commandments should be understood, and on whether they can be applied to their situations, if at all. The book falls into two sections. The first sketches the history of the use of the Bible in social, moral and political questions from the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, to the present day. The second part looks at some case studies, including human and sexual relationships, life issues, attitudes to lawful authority, and the charging of interest.

Author Biography

J. W. Rogerson is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield and a Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Can We "Go by the Book"?	p. 1
"Going by the Book": Insights from Judaism	p. 8
The Old Testament Law in the New Testament	p. 13
The Apostolic Fathers and Apologists	p. 19
From the Third Century to the Reformation	p. 28
The Reformation	p. 52
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	p. 61
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	p. 73
A New Approach: Example not Precept	p. 80
Case Studies	p. 87
Bibliography	p. 107
Index of References	p. 111
Index of Names and Subjects	p. 115
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