The Book of the People - How to Read the Bible

From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible. In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, Wilson argues that it remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature, and a cultural touchstone that the western world has answered to for nearly two thousand years: Martin Luther King was "reading the Bible" when he started the Civil Rights movement, and when Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he was "reading the Bible." Wilson challenges the way fundamentalists--whether believers or non-believers--have misused the Bible, either by neglecting and failing to recognize its cultural significance, or by using it as a weapon against those with whom they disagree. Erudite, witty and accessible, The Book of the People seeks to reclaim the Good Book as our seminal work of literature, and a book for the imagination.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: A N Wilson, A. N. Wilson, A.N. Wilson
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780062433473
• ISBN: 978-0-06-243347-3
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; Bibles, Religion: general, Religious ethics, Religion and beliefs, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM: Poetry, RELIGION: Biblical Studies / General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, RELIGION: BIBLE STUDIES/NEW TESTAMENT, RELIGION: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, RELIGION: BIBLE STUDIES/GENERAL, RELIGION: BIBLE STUDIES/OLD TESTAMENT, RELIGION: Ethics, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Religious, Religion / Bible Studies/New Testament, Religion / Bible Studies/General, Religion / Bible Studies/Old Testament