Dispensational Modernism

Zusatztext Any scholar wishing to write anything about dispensationalism would do well to consult this book first, because B. M. Pietsch gives us the most developed and nuanced interpretation of dispensational ideas yet seen. In doing so, he problematizes much of what we often say about premillennialism, dispensationalism, fundamentalism, and modernism. Informationen zum Autor B. M. Pietsch is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Nazarbayev University, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Klappentext Dispensational Modernism reexamines the origins of dispensationalism in early American fundamentalism, emphasizing the role of scientific rhetoric and engineering methods in developing new methods for interpreting the Bible and understanding the nature of time. Zusammenfassung Dispensational Modernism reexamines the origins of dispensationalism in early American fundamentalism, emphasizing the role of scientific rhetoric and engineering methods in developing new methods for interpreting the Bible and understanding the nature of time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Taxonomic minds and the technological construction of confidence Chapter 2: The social construction of confidence Chapter 3: Competing sciences of biblical interpretation Chapter 4: Dispensational hermeneutics Chapter 5: Building the dispensations Chapter 6: Engineering time Chapter 7: The Scofield Reference Bible amidst a dispensational century Notes Index

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• Authors: B M Pietsch, B. M. Pietsch, B. M. (Assistant Professor Pietsch, Pietsch B. M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9780190244088
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024408-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Christianity, Religious Fundamentalism, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities