Saint John's Cathedral

Dean's Forum: Context and Imagination: Reading the Bible Today

October 20, 2019 The Reverend Canon Broderick Greer
Saint John's Cathedral
Dean's Forum: Context and Imagination: Reading the Bible Today
Show Notes

With the Rev. Broderick Greer, Canon Precentor
The roles of context and imagination are central to Episcopal biblical interpretation because Episcopalians take the Bible too seriously to take it literally.  The Bible, like any collection of texts in the wrong hands, can be used to prop up systems of violence. Join us as we explore humane, gentle, and transformative interpretations of a book that remains at the top of many bestseller lists.