Extremists Often Derive Their Inspiration From Literal Interpretations Of Texts That Should Rightly Be Read Not As Associated Press Reports From The Ancient World, But As Theological And Literary Enterprises Requiring Independent Intellectual Assessment.

-Jon Meacham

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Extremists Often Derive Their Inspiration From Literal

Jon Meacham

Extremists Often Derive Their Inspiration From Literal Interpretations Of Texts That Should Rightly Be Read Not As Associated Press Reports From The Ancient World, But As Theological And Literary Enterprises Requiring Independent Intellectual Assessment.

Topic

Inspiration

Independent

Assessment

I Am An Episcopalian Who Takes The Faith Of My Fathers Seriously, And I Would, I Think, Be Disheartened If My Own Young Children Were To Turn Away From The Church When They Grow Up. I Am Also A Critic Of Christianity, If By Critic One Means An Observer Who Brings Historical And Literary Judgment To Bear On The Texts And Traditions Of The Church.

Children

Growing Up

Father