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The Doctrine of Scripture by Brad East

The Doctrine of Scripture by Brad East 1161026 ATR0010.1177/00033286231161026Anglican Theological ReviewBook Review research-article2023 Book Review Anglican Theological Review 1 –2 The Doctrine of Scripture © The Author(s) 2023 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions by Brad East https://doi.org/10.1177/00033286231161026 DOI: 10.1177/00033286231161026 journals.sagepub.com/home/atr The Doctrine of Scripture. By Brad East. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021. xvii + 210 pp. $30.00 (paper). ISBN 978-1-5326-6498-4. Brad East’s The Doctrine of Scripture is a perplexing book to review: on the one hand, much of it is both beautiful and helpful, but on the other hand, many Christians will be hard-pressed to find East’s overall position persuasive. East admits that this is a “deeply un-Protestant work,” a claim that proves so true that it calls into question his meaning when he says that “the assumptions of this work are catholic” with a small and not a big C (p. 6). East takes great care throughout the text to problematize Protestant approaches to Scripture both recent and historical, with varying levels of persuasiveness. He returns constantly to the authority of the church as primary, but he fails to account for or even acknowledge the fractured and indefinable nature of “the church” for most of today’s believers. The book’s intention, according to the introduction, is to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anglican Theological Review SAGE

The Doctrine of Scripture by Brad East

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Anglican Theological Review , Volume OnlineFirst: 1 – Jan 1, 2023
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1161026 ATR0010.1177/00033286231161026Anglican Theological ReviewBook Review research-article2023 Book Review Anglican Theological Review 1 –2 The Doctrine of Scripture © The Author(s) 2023 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions by Brad East https://doi.org/10.1177/00033286231161026 DOI: 10.1177/00033286231161026 journals.sagepub.com/home/atr The Doctrine of Scripture. By Brad East. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021. xvii + 210 pp. $30.00 (paper). ISBN 978-1-5326-6498-4. Brad East’s The Doctrine of Scripture is a perplexing book to review: on the one hand, much of it is both beautiful and helpful, but on the other hand, many Christians will be hard-pressed to find East’s overall position persuasive. East admits that this is a “deeply un-Protestant work,” a claim that proves so true that it calls into question his meaning when he says that “the assumptions of this work are catholic” with a small and not a big C (p. 6). East takes great care throughout the text to problematize Protestant approaches to Scripture both recent and historical, with varying levels of persuasiveness. He returns constantly to the authority of the church as primary, but he fails to account for or even acknowledge the fractured and indefinable nature of “the church” for most of today’s believers. The book’s intention, according to the introduction, is to

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