Great discussion.

I'm a little stuck on the thought that the cannon is frozen in time. I strongly believe that we're on an individual and collective, societal journey to discover God and know God & our primary source of knowledge is a collection of documents that were 'blessed" (wrong word) at the time of Constantine. We expend a lot of energy trying to understand these documents from various vantage points versus channeling that energy into trying to discover God in a modern context. [I'm more venting now than anything]. I greatly respect and honor the sacredness of the texts, but believe that God continues to speak through contemporary events and people.

Good Description of how Social-Scientific Criticism from I Peter. Gives concrete example of how Social-Scientific Criticism is utilized. Also good background on Elliott in description, since he founded the technique.

Gives a review of a book on Social-Scientific Criticism--again, good background & context

Summary of Social-Scientific Criticism in abstract of book

Very short summary of Social-Scientific Criticism

Good summary of social scientific criticism

Social-Scientific Criticism

Good summary fo social scientific method. Complete PDF attached. Link from Taylor/Iliff on-line search engine.