Bible Believers: Fundamentalists in the Modern World - Softcover

Ammerman, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081351231X ISBN 13: 9780813512310

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Bible believer (also Bible-believer,Bible-believing Christian,Bible-believing Church) is a self-description by conservative Christians to differentiate their teachings from others who see non- or extrabiblical tradition as higher or equal in authority.

In normal usage, "Bible believer" means an individual or organisation that believes the Christian Bible is true in some significant way. However, this combination of words is given a unique meaning in fundamentalist Protestant circles, where it is equated with the belief that the Christian Bible "contains no theological contradictions, historical discrepancies, or other such 'errors'", otherwise known as biblical inerrancy.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Tatom Ammerman spent a year in 1979-1980 participating in, observing, and interviewing the members of a suburban Connecticut congregation, described on its church sign as "Independent, Fundamental, Premillennial, and Baptistic." Although she is not a fundamentalist, Ammerman's own background was similar enough for her to fit in easily and to be accepted and trusted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 081351231X
• ISBN 13: 9780813512310
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264