The Social Life of Scriptures Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism

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, an...

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Main Authors Bielo, James, Malley, Brian, Bialecki, Jon, Muse, Erika, Hoenes Del Pinal, Eric, Pulis, John, Murphy, Liam, Coleman, Simon, Harding, Susan, Rodman, Rosamond
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Rutgers University Press 2009
Edition1
Subjects
Anthropology
Bible
Bible-Influence-Congresses
Bible-Use-Congresses
Christian sociology
Christian sociology-Congresses
Christianity
Congresses
Influence
RELIGION
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social sciences
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Summary: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 inThe 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 Scripturesis 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.
ISBN:9780813548418
0813548411
9780813546056
0813546052
DOI:10.36019/9780813548418