In Front | Workbook: The Bible and Literacy, Part 2

Larsen’s explanations are given below:

• First, the habit of daily Bible-reading creates a culture in which people read regularly.
• Secondly, the practice of Bible-reading creates a culture in which people read proficiently.
• Thirdly, the practice of Bible-reading creates a culture in which people are able to read books from a variety of genres.
• Fourthly, the practice of Bible-reading creates a culture in which people are able to read ancient texts despite the otherness of the past.

While the Bible isn’t the only book that can provide these advantages, it has provided them to many as it has been the best-selling and most widely read text in Western history. 

References: Timothy Larsen, “How Evangelical Biblicism Saved Western Civilization,” in Anthony R. Cross et al., eds., Pathways and Patterns in History: Essays on Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Modern World in Honour of David Bebbington, 2015, pp. 371, 378-380.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/may/19/richard-dawkins-king-james-bible. Accessed Nov 18, 2020.