Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Art of Reading...Narratively

Paul Borgman's "The Way According to Luke" is an interesting study in the art of biblical narrative reading. Borgman, an English professor, knows the playing field and writes his work to level it for the modern reader of Holy Scripture. Early in his book, however, he's honest about what he sees as inbred problems facing those that have been told that reading the Bible is a good thing. Basically - we don't know how to read! Oh, we read...but not with great skill. Borgman lists 5 challenges to skilled scripture reading:

1. We readers miss meaning because we read the text (but silently and without on-going reflection).
2. We read piece-meal.
3. We are strongly predisposed.
4. The text appears choppy.
5. We can be committed to liturgical practices that reinforce our bad habits.

Thoughts? Shout them out below.

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