Using and Being Used: Scripture and Systematic Theology

Abstract

“Two logically related developments have called into question both the authority of the Bible and the propriety of theology's calling itself a truth-telling discipline. While the Bible is regarded by many as simply the self-expression of a primitive people, theology likewise came to be regarded as the self-expression of those who happen to be religious. Side by side, there have come into question the status of the text and the epistemological respectability of theology.”