The Bible Tells Them So: The Discourse of Protestant Fundamentalism. Kathleen C. Boone

1990 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-465
Author(s):  
R. Scott Appleby
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Protestant Fundamentalism

scholarly journals Incorporating Space: Protestant Fundamentalism and Astronomical Authorization

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
James S. Bielo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Authoritative Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Authority ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Protestant Fundamentalism

The problem of authority is vital for understanding the development of Protestant creationism. Two discursive fields have figured centrally in this religious movement’s claims to authoritative knowledge: The Bible and science. The former has been remarkably stable over a century with a continuing emphasis on inerrancy and literalism, while the latter has been more mutable. Creationism’s rejection of scientific evolution has endured, but its orientation to a range of scientific models, technologies, and disciplines has changed. Astronomy is a prime example; once relatively absent in creationist cultural production, it emerged as yet another arena where creationists seek to corrode scientific authority and bolster biblical fundamentalism. Drawing on archival documents of creationist publications and the ongoing media production of an influential creationist ministry based in Kentucky, this article illustrates how creationism has sought to incorporate astronomy into their orbit of religious authorization. Ultimately, the case of incorporating space helps clarify fundamentalism’s machinations of power.

Bound by the Bible

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Kessler
Keyword(s):  
The Bible

The Bible and Empire

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Sugirtharajah
Keyword(s):  
The Bible
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