A Jesus-haunted culture that’s biblically illiterate
A very interesting quote comes from an article by AP writer Rachel Zoll on documentaries questioning Jesus that appear during Lent.
““There is more tolerance in the general culture for all things wild and wacky about Jesus,” said Ben Witherington, a New Testament expert at Asbury Theological Seminary and author of “What Have They Done With Jesus?…”We live in a Jesus-haunted culture that’s biblically illiterate,” Witherington said. “Everybody knows who Jesus is. But the actual knowledge about early Christian history and the Bible is very low in the culture and even large segments of the church. In that situation, anything can pass for knowledge about the historical Jesus, even wildly improbable theories.”
Jesus-haunted and biblically illiterate. Those are points to contemplate this week.
Source: Mollie Hemingway’s commentary at GetReligion
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