Evangelical Devotionals and Bible Studies of The Pilgrim’s Progress: Fidelity or Bibliolatry?

I examine contemporary evangelical Bible studies and devotionals devoted to John Bunyan’s 1678 spiritual classic The Pilgrim’s Progress. Focusing on treatments of Bunyan’s Vanity Fair sequence, I ask whether these resources demonstrate fidelity to the text and to Scripture or whether they are instea...

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Published inChristian education journal Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 264 - 282
Main Author Draycott, Andy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2020
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Bible
Biblical studies
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Novels
Religious education
Pilgrim’s Progress
devotional
Vanity Fair
bibliolatry
fidelity
John Bunyan
Bible study
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Summary:I examine contemporary evangelical Bible studies and devotionals devoted to John Bunyan’s 1678 spiritual classic The Pilgrim’s Progress. Focusing on treatments of Bunyan’s Vanity Fair sequence, I ask whether these resources demonstrate fidelity to the text and to Scripture or whether they are instead examples of bibliolatry. Implications for the design of Bible studies in the ministry of Christian education are offered following theological analysis of the biblical imagination required for such tasks.
ISSN:0739-8913
2378-525X
DOI:10.1177/0739891319900183