Today the Quran can be used by some to justify war and functions of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the proper to reside in the Land of Israel, as well as the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture may possibly not be immediately obvious in our secular globe, but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of many of today’s controversies.

With this timely and important publication, one of the most trusted and admired writers in the globe of faith examines the meaning of about The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts Scripture. The sacred texts have already been coopted by fundamentalists, who insist that they must be taken literally, and by other people who interpret Scripture to bolster their own prejudices. These text messages have emerged to prescribe ethical norms and codes of behavior that are divinely ordained: they may be believed to include eternal truths. But simply because Karen Armstrong shows in this chronicle from the advancement and need for main religions, such a thin, peculiar reading of Scripture is normally a relatively latest, modern phenomenon. For some of their history, the world’s spiritual traditions have regarded these texts as tools that enable the individual to connect with the divine, to see a different degree of consciousness, also to help them engage with the world in more significant and compassionate methods.

At a time of intolerance and mutual incomprehension, The Lost Art of Scripture shines fresh light around the world’s major religions to help us build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and religious engagement with holy text messages.