The reaction of the Church of the Nazarene to the historical critical method of Biblical study has been displayed several ways. This dissertation addresses the issue as it emerged in three areas, which are clearly focused. Three voices are defined within the church that speak for the primary factions within the denomination. These voices provide a basis for understanding the diversity of perspectives within the church as it reacts to critical methodologies. / The first reaction can be observed in the formation of the Doctrine of Inspiration within the Church of the Nazarene amid the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. / A second reaction can be found in the controversy surrounding the advent of the Revised Standard Version (1952) and the New International Version (1978) of the Bible. These modern translations utilize historical critical methods and provide a focal point for analysis. / A third reaction to the Historical Critical Method of Biblical Study can be viewed in the relationship between Critical Biblical scholars and the church. The tension between the church and its critical scholars exhibits the reaction of the church to modern critical analysis of scripture. / A solution is suggested that would enable the church to work with critical scholarship instead of react against the discipline. This solution calls for a corrective voice which would embody mutual trust between the voices so that a proper balance could be established between the church and critical scholarship. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-03, Section: A, page: 0979. / Major Professor: John Priest. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77378 |
| Contributors | Baucom, Larry Mark., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 169 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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