The book my students are currently reading in my freshman seminar course is Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Today we talked about a number of topics, ranging from science fiction as social commentary to theocracy to the use of the Bible to justify social structures.
Around the blogosphere recently, there have been a number of posts that relate to the Bible, fundamentalism, gender, society, and other topics that intersect with (and in) the novel.
John Blake at CNN talks about how the Bible was used to justify both slavery and abolitionism.
Blog on the Way provides an illustration of just how perverse Christian fundamentalism can be, from a Christian perspective.
Arni Zachariassen reflects on a guest post on Jason Boyett’s blog, and how inerrancy kills faith.
Steve Douglas and Randal Rauser discuss Paul Copan’s book
At Unreasonable Faith a recent piece by Thom Stark is highlighted and discussed.
Rachel Held Evans acknowledges the role of “the cosmic lottery” in being a Christian.
Allan Bevere literally has the last word on so-called Biblical literalism.
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