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Religious historian Karen Armstrong says such narrow, often literal views of scripture are a relatively new phenomenon.
In the audio above, Armstrong tells Houston Matters producer Michael Hagerty that, until recent history, reading, studying, and interpreting scripture was more of a performative art. And that most sacred texts never claim to be factually accurate.
That concept is the subject of her book The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts.
She speaks in Houston on Monday, Nov. 11, at an event organized by The Progressive Forum.

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