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The Social Life of Scriptures

Cross-cultural Perspectives on Biblicism

by James Bielo, Brian Malley

  • Paperback
  • 272 pages
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

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What do Christians do with the Bible? How do they - individually and collectively - interact with the sacred texts? Why does this engagement shift so drastically among and between social, historical, religious, and institutional contexts? Such questions are addressed in a most enlightening, engaging, and original way in "The Social Life of Scriptures". Contributors offer a collection of closely analyzed and carefully conducted ethnographic and historical case studies, covering a range of geographic, theological, and cultural territory, including: American evangelicals and charismatics; Jamaican Rastafarians; evangelical and Catholic Mayans; Northern Irish charismatics; Nigerian Anglicans; and Chinese evangelicals in the United States. "The Social Life of Scriptures" is the first book to present an eclectic, cross-cultural, and comparative investigation of Bible use. Moreover, it models an important movement to outline a framework for how scriptures are implicated in organizing social structures and meanings, with specific foci on gender, ethnicity, agency, and power.
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  • Authors

    James Bielo +2

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Rutgers University Press

  • Published

    September 2009

  • Weight

    373g

  • Page Count

    272

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780813546063

  • ISBN-10

    0813546060

  • Eden Code

    2393585

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