The Once and Future Scriptures: Exploring the Role of the Bible in the Contemporary Church

Can we learn to take the Bible seriously without taking it literally, to be honest about its historical, literary and religious character? Can the Bible serve as a source of faith, hope, and wisdom? In this book, academic theologians engage in a public conversation about the kind of Bible we have. This is not a book of answers, but a dialogue about topics such as the relationship between science and religion, the authority of scripture, and the impact of critical biblical scholarship on liturgy.

Gregory Jenks is Academic Dean at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University. He is a co-diretcor of the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel with a special interest in the coins recovered from that dig, and a Fellow of the Westar Institute (Jesus Seminar). More information at gregoryjenks.com