Published: 2025-01-08

INSTRUMENTAL TREATMENT OF THE BIBLE IN NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

Paweł Szuppe

Abstract

The article presents the instrumental approach to the Bible found in the new religious movements, or internally diverse organizations, which emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They offer some kind of answer to fundamental questions of a religious, spiritual, philosophical nature. They make a significant impact on the lives of their followers. In terms of interpreting the Scriptures, they are characterized by an ahistorical, irrational, symbolic approach. They give the biblical texts their own content and draw conclusions contrary to ecclesial hermeneutics.

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Szuppe, P. (2025). INSTRUMENTAL TREATMENT OF THE BIBLE IN NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS. The Pastoral Studies, (20), 37–46. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/18299

No. 20 (2024)
Published: 2024-12-30


ISSN: 1734-4433
eISSN: 2956-624X

Publisher
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

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