literalistic

Adjective

Meaning

(broadly) Of or pertaining to literalism or literalists.

(specifically, and most commonly) Using a method of interpretation regarded as woodenly, inflexibly, or simplistically literal in its perceived neglect of such considerations as context, genre, and intent of the author or artist; overliteral.

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Examples

Open theism does not rely upon a simplistic, literalistic hermeneutic, as you suppose. Source: Internet

So, Jersak has conflated the two things into a caricature of Open theism that goes: Open theists have a literalistic hermeneutic and think God changes God’s mind, but God is good and nonviolent, so Open theists are wrong. Source: Internet

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