Rediscovering the Formative Power of Scripture Reading for the Church

Central to Christianity is the belief is that the Bible is inspired and authoritative for Christian faith and practice. Even though Christians affirm the authority of the Bible, there is a decline in Bible reading and Scripture usage in worship and discipleship. More recent biblical scholarship, bui...

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Published in:Christian education journal
Main Author: Maddix, Mark A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications [2018]
In: Christian education journal
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HA Bible
RC Liturgy
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Bible Reading
B Worship
B Christian Education
B Lectio Divina
B Scripture reading
B Spiritual Formation
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Summary:Central to Christianity is the belief is that the Bible is inspired and authoritative for Christian faith and practice. Even though Christians affirm the authority of the Bible, there is a decline in Bible reading and Scripture usage in worship and discipleship. More recent biblical scholarship, built on a pre-modern approach to interpretation, moves to a reader-centered approach to biblical reading. The focus of this article is to explore a reader-centered approach to Bible reading that gives focus to the role of Scripture as means of formation. This rediscovery of the formative power of Scripture has implications for how the Bible is appropriated in worship and discipleship for the church.
ISSN:2378-525X
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian education journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0739891318758410