The Good God Hermeneutic: A Reconsideration of Religious Vocabulary

by Garrett R. Maxwell

Overview

Review of Fiona Givens and Terryl Givens, All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything In Between (Faith Matters Press, 2020). 188 pages. $12.95 (paperback).

Abstract: Fiona and Terryl Givens once again deliver a book worthy of the comparatively wide readership they have gained within Latter- day Saint circles. Their orderly treatment of individual gospel concepts in this book can rightly be seen as a distillation and unification of their previous work, boldly attempting to awaken us from our ignorance of the sheer novelty and vitality contained in the Restoration vision of God and humanity. They convincingly argue that the historically wrought semantic baggage that comes with the most basic religious vocabulary we use must be consciously jettisoned to fully appreciate and articulate the meaning of the Restoration.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162322399
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	09/09/2021
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #47
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	341 KB

About the Author

Garrett R. Maxwell studies Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic at BYU. He is also a research assistant at the Maxwell Institute, working on projects involving the history of Christianity and comparative studies of the scriptural and prophetic traditions of Islam and the Latter-day Saint tradition.