{"product_id":"dispensational-modernism-9780190244088","title":"Dispensational Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): B. M. Pietsch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - History - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDispensationalism emerged in the twentieth century as a hugely influential force in American religion and soon became one of America's most significant religious exports. By the close of the century it had developed into a global religious phenomenon claiming millions of adherents. As the most common form of contemporary prophecy belief, dispensationalism has played a major role in transforming religion, politics, and pop culture in the U.S. and throughout the world. Despite its importance and continuing appeal, scholars often reduce dispensationalism to an anti-modern, apocalyptic, and literalist branch of Protestant fundamentalism. In \u003cem\u003eDispensational Modernism\u003c\/em\u003e, B. M. Pietsch argues that, on the contrary, the allure of dispensational thinking can best be understood through the lens of technological modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePietsch shows that between 1870 and 1920 dispensationalism grew out of the popular fascination with applying engineering methods -- such as quantification and classification -- to the interpretation of texts and time. At the heart of this new network of texts, scholars, institutions, and practices was the lightning-rod Bible teacher C. I. Scofield, whose best-selling \u003cem\u003eScofield Reference Bible\u003c\/em\u003e became the canonical formulation of dispensational thought. The first book to contextualize dispensationalism in this provocative way, \u003cem\u003eDispensational Modernism\u003c\/em\u003e shows how mainstream Protestant clergy of this time developed new \"scientific\" methods for interpreting the Bible, and thus new grounds for confidence in religious understandings of time itself.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46485993095319,"sku":"9780190244088","price":14639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780190244088.jpg?v=1766328871","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dispensational-modernism-9780190244088","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}