The Bible and Lay People: An Empirical Approach to Ordinary Hermeneutics

by Andrew Village

There are many books about how people ought to interpret the Bible. This book is about how people in churches actually interpret the Bible, and why they interpret it in the way that they do. Based on a study of Anglicans in the Church of England, it explores the interaction of belief, personality, experience and context and sheds new light on the way that texts interact with readers. The author shows how the results of such study can begin to shape...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032180005
• ISBN13: 9781032180007
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"