Does ‘Forever’ Mean ‘Forever’? Literalism and Christianity’s Latest Bible Stoush
Since the eighteenth century, a Cold War has been smouldering within Christianity. This war is not, as might be expected, between Catholicism and Protestantism; nor is it between traditional little-old-churches-next-door and modern ‘megachurch’ behemoths. Rather, this spat is contested by what might be termed ‘fundamentalist’, ‘evangelical’, or ‘Awakened’ Christians, on the one hand, and ‘progressive’, … Read more
