Reading Scripture as the Church

<P><B>The Bible is meant to be read in the church by the church as the church.</B></P><P>Although the practice of reading Scripture has often become separated from its ecclesial context theologian Derek Taylor argues that it rightly belongs to the disciplines of the community of faith. He finds a leading example of this approach in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who regarded the reading of Scripture as an inherently communal exercise of discipleship.</P><P>In conversation with other theologians including John Webster Robert Jenson and Stanley Hauerwas Taylor contends that Bonhoeffer's approach to Scripture can engender the practices and habits of a faithful hermeneutical community. Today as in Bonhoeffer's time the church is called to take up and read.</P><P>Featuring new monographs with cutting-edge research New Explorations in Theology provides a platform for constructive creative work in the areas of systematic historical philosophical biblical and practical theology.</P>