Dispensational modernism

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Taxonomic minds and the technological construction of confidence -- The social construction of confidence -- Competing sciences of biblical interpretation -- Dispensational hermeneutics -- Building the dispensations -- Engineering time -- The Scofield Reference Bible amidst a dispensational century.;In the 20th century, dispensationalism developed into a global religious movement claiming millions of adherents. Scholars have most often associated it with literalist, apocalyptic prophecy belief, and described it as the militant, anti-modernist fringe of American Protestant fundamentalism. Yet its appeal came from its use of modernist methods to produce confident religious beliefs. Emerging between 1870 and 1920, dispensational thinking and practices grew out of popular fascination with applying technological values and engineering methods to the interpretation of texts and time.