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God's Agents - Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England (Paperback, New)
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God's Agents - Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England (Paperback, New)
Series: The Anthropology of Christianity, 15
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The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most
illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by
evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by
developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to
make Bibles universally available. Over the past several decades,
though, Bible Society has faced a radically different world,
especially in its work in England. Where the Society once had a
grateful and engaged reading public, it now faces apathyOCoeven
antipathyOCofor its cause. These days, it seems, no one in England
wants a Bible, and no one wants other people telling them they
should: religion is supposed to be a private matter. Undeterred,
these Christians attempt to spark a renewed interest in the Word of
God. TheyOCOve turned away from publishing and toward publicity to
make the Bible heard.
GodOCOs Agents is a study of how religion goes public in todayOCOs
world. Based on over three years of anthropological research,
Matthew Engelke traces how a small group of socially committed
Christians tackle the challenge of publicity within what they
understand to be a largely secular culture. In the process of
telling their story, he offers an insightful new way to think about
the relationships between secular and religious formations: our
current understanding of religion needs to be complemented by
greater attention to the process of generating publicity. Engelke
argues that we are witnessing the dynamics of religious publicity,
which allows us to see the ways in which conceptual divides such as
public/private, religious/secular, and faith/knowledge are
challenged and redefined by social actors on the ground."
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