Title
Evangelical Devotionals and Bible Studies of The Pilgrim’s Progress: Fidelity or Bibliolatry?
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Publication Date
2-4-2020
Abstract
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.
Keywords
John Bunyan; Pilgrim's Progress; Bibliolatry
Publication Title
Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry
Volume
17
Issue
2
First Page
264
Last Page
282
DOI of Published Version
doi.org/10.1177/0739891319900183
Recommended Citation
Draycott, Andy, "Evangelical Devotionals and Bible Studies of The Pilgrim’s Progress: Fidelity or Bibliolatry?" (2020). Faculty Articles & Research. 423.
https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-articles/423