Religion is no less susceptible to an ideological reading of Scripture. Religious ideology is at least as strong as the socio-political and socio-cultural ideologies. The other day I picked a book off my library shelf entitled, Protestant Biblical Interpretation.14 Here is an explicit example of interpretation of Scripture in keeping with a religious ideology. According to the book there is a Protestant ‘method’ by which the Bible can (and should) be, read. The book outlines various ‘principles