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The Social Life of Scriptures - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,311
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The Social Life of Scriptures - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism (Paperback): James Bielo

The Social Life of Scriptures - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism (Paperback)

James Bielo; Contributions by Brian Malley, Jon Bialecki, Erika Muse, Eric Hoenes Del Pinal, John Pulis, Liam Murphy, Simon Coleman, Susan Harding, Rosamond Rodman

Series: Signifying (on) Scriptures Series

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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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Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Signifying (on) Scriptures Series
Release date: September 2009
First published: October 2009
Editors: James Bielo
Contributors: Brian Malley • Jon Bialecki • Erika Muse • Eric Hoenes Del Pinal • John Pulis • Liam Murphy • Simon Coleman • Susan Harding • Rosamond Rodman
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4606-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-8135-4606-0
Barcode: 9780813546063

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