Big Spring, Texas / / September 23, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Summary Symbolic vs Literal Language: Understanding when ...

Throughout Christian history, interpretations of biblical scripture have deeply influenced doctrines that shape beliefs, ethical standards, and societal norms. Despite the insistence by many ...

It has become quite common on college campuses to see young liberal students defending religions against detractors who would paint all adherents of faith as radical or militant. While the former is ...

Many Americans continue to reject the scientific theory of evolution, particularly those who identify as religious. A new study provides evidence that biblical literalism—the belief that the Bible ...

An article on science and biblical interpretation caught my eye last week (Oct. 13, 2013) not because Dr. Jason Lisle is a “young earth” creationist (he is the director of research at the Institute of ...

Christians have a moral and ethical obligation to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past when interpreting scripture. Throughout history, biblical interpretation has profoundly shaped societies, ...

What inspired you to write An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation? I used some of the work of feminist, Black feminist, and womanist writers when I was in graduate school, but I had never ...

2) figurative / symbolic / allegorical interpretation. 3) a mixture of both. Does either the Bible or Catholicism require, for example, the serpent in Genesis to be taken absolutely literally in all ...

Recent excavations in the Turkish ruins of Laodicea reveal unique pentagonal Roman council hall with Christian etchings. The hall dates back some 2,000 years.

Here's a little paper I wrote back in 2003 while I still had time to devote to academia (B.Th). It may be of interest to some; theist and atheist alike. In biblical exegesis, the interpreter is faced ...