Reading the Bible Against the Bible: the Hermeneutics of the Underside - With Dr. Anthony Pinn

Why would an atheist spend his time with the Bible? Dr. Anthony Pinn is a former AME minister who is now a secular humanist and professor at Rice University. He returns to (Re)thinking Faith to talk about his new book, Biblical Outlaws: What the Bible's Most Despised Characters Can Teach Us. Pinn no longer believes in God, but he still values the Bible as powerful literature that shapes millions of lives. He argues we have to read it differently: "the Bible against the Bible." We talk about why Lot's wife looking back was a defiant "why?", why Job's wife may be the only character in the book of Job with any integrity, and how Nimrod's tower celebrates human creativity even when it fails. Along the way, they bring in Camus and the absurd, the "economy of giving and receiving," the beauty of defiance, and whether AI is a new Babel. Enjoy! RESOURCES: Biblical Outlaws: What the Bible's Most Despised Characters Can Teach Us (Book) THEOLOGY BEER CAMP ONLINE TICKETS: Grab your favorite beverage and join us ONLINE. *Special thanks to Marty Fredrick, Josh Gilbert, and Dan Koch. Love you guys <3* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices