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The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity / Philip Jenkins

In Books on 7 June 2011 at 12:11 pm

Philip Jenkins is an oddball for the academy at a time when historians are expected to focus their research on a very specific topic, time, and place. As a student at Cambridge, Jenkins earned a PhD in history while doing research for the renowned criminologist Sir Leon Radzinowicz. He even found the time to win the BBC quiz show Mastermind by mastering questions in three unique fields: “Christianity AD 30-150,” “Vikings in Scotland and Ireland, 800-1150,” and the “History of Wales, 400-1100.” Since 1980, he has had appointments in criminal justice, American studies, religious studies, and history at Pennsylvania State University.

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NPR Interview with Philip Jenkins on the King James Bible

In Links on 13 January 2011 at 7:47 pm

NPR host Michelle Martin recently interviewed Penn State professor Philip Jenkins about the impact of the King James Bible on the English language. Here’s a portion of the 11 minute interview:

MARTIN: Were there fights about translations? Because doctrinal differences do have implications down the line, as you were saying, even though, you know, humorously, thou shalt commit adultery. I mean, there really are different consequences to different interpretations. Were there some significant fights?

Prof. JENKINS: Absolutely. For example, there is a word that shows up in the New Testament, and one of the translations is bishop. So if you translated that word as a bishop, then you were saying that this very kind of hierarchical, structural view of the church was right there in the Bible and nobody could argue with it.

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