Reading the Bible in a Secular Age. The New Testament as Spiritual Ancestry

Julius-Kei Kato

Julius-Kei Kato proposes that secular readers should read the Bible because it is part of the West’s spiritual heritage. He makes this case by describing the New Testament as a metaphorical ancestral village, where readers are invited to dialogue with and connect with their roots. Though the book sometimes dilutes the distinctiveness of the texts in its purview, it offers a creative and integrated approach to biblical studies and a useful articulation of postmodern secularism.