Part IV: Interpreting What Remains

This chapter is part of the book The Sacred Editors: Christianity.

The Bible is not only a product of its past—it is also shaped by how we read it now. This final section turns from ancient councils and lost texts to the modern world of interpretation. It explores how tradition, scholarship, culture, and personal experience influence the meaning we draw from scripture today. From fundamentalist literalism to liberation theology, from global Christianities to scientific skepticism, the Bible has become both anchor and lightning rod in contemporary culture. These chapters ask not only what the Bible once meant—but what it continues to mean, and who gets to decide.