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9780813546063: The Social Life of Scriptures: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism (Signifying on Scriptures)
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ISBN 10: 0813546060 ISBN 13: 9780813546063
Editorial: Rutgers University Press, 2009

Sinopsis

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.

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Acerca del autor

James S. Bielo is a visiting assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Miami University in Ohio.

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"The Social Life of Scriptures" is the first book to present an eclectic, cross-cultural, and comparative investigation of Bible use. 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. Contributors offer a collection of closely analyzed and carefully conducted ethnographic and historical case studies, covering a range of geographic, theological, and cultural territory.

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Editorial
Rutgers University Press
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0813546060
ISBN 13 
9780813546063
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
248
Editor
Bielo James
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Editorial: Rutgers University Press, 2009
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