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The Social Life of Scriptures. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism.
James S. . Ed(S): Bielo
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Paperback. 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? This book addresses such questions. Editor(s): Bielo, James S. Series Editor(s): Wimbush, Vincent L. Series: Signifying (on) Scriptures. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
What do Christians do with the Bible? How do theyùindividually and collectivelyùinteract 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Signifying (on) Scriptures
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813546063
SKU
V9780813546063
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99-15
About James S. . Ed(S): Bielo
James S. Bielo is a visiting assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Miami University in Ohio.
Reviews for The Social Life of Scriptures. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism.
Bielo's collection is a must for all serious students of Christianity. It puts forth such a simple idea, we have to wonder why it's taken so long for anthropologists to get it: we cannot understand Christianity without understanding 'the social life of Scriptures.' In their detailed analyses, the contributors here make a convincing case. - Matthew Engelke (London School of Economics) The essays in this collection explore the multiple contexts in which the Bible is actually read. They make a major contribution to the anthropology of Christianity and to the study of reading and interpretive practices. - Vincent Crapanzano (author of Serving the Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit to the Bench) An intriguing collection of essays. Those who do believe that the Bible is divine revelation, but who are also willing to study its operation in quotidian real-life situations, should welcome The Social Life of Scriptures. (Books and Culture)