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POLITICIZING THE BIBLE
The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture 1300-1700
--Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker.
Resisting the typical, dry methods of modern scholarship, this powerful study revisits the biblical days of life-and-death conflict, struggles for power between popes and kings, and secret alliances of intellectuals to pit worldly goals against the spiritual priorities of the church. This account looks beyond the pretense of neutrality and objectivity often found in secular study, and brings to light the appropriation of scripture by politically motivated interpreters. Hardcover. 624 pages.