J. I. Packer's defense of biblical authority. A short, closely argued case that Scripture is God's own word and the final authority for faith. Read more.
Fundamentalism and the Word of God is J. I. Packer's early and enduring defense of the authority of Scripture, written when evangelical convictions about the Bible were being dismissed as obscurantism. Packer distinguishes genuine biblical authority from the caricature, examines the relationship between Scripture, reason and tradition, and argues that submitting to the Bible as God's word is the historic Christian position rather than a modern reaction.
The book is brief but densely argued, and it has shaped how generations of evangelicals articulate their doctrine of Scripture. It suits pastors, students, and any believer who has been told that taking the Bible as God's word is intellectually untenable and wants to see the case made carefully.
