Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler Retrieving The Reformation After Babel: A Conversation with Professor Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Dec 12, 2016
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Reformation Created Plurality And Remedies
- Vanhoozer argues the Reformation opened interpretive pluralism but also offered remedies to it.
- He frames 'After Babel' as the pluralistic conflict of biblical interpretation following the Reformation.
Accused Of Protestant Anarchism In France
- Vanhoozer recalls being accused in France of being an anarchist for being Protestant.
- That accusation illustrated the charge that Protestants lack a single interpretive authority.
Reformers Favored Representative Councils
- Vanhoozer shows Reformers anticipated authority critiques and supported representative councils.
- Luther and Calvin backed councils and local pastoral councils to adjudicate interpretation collaboratively.