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9780813546063: The Social Life of Scriptures: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Biblicism
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ISBN 10: 0813546060 ISBN 13: 9780813546063
Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2009

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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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Editore
Rutgers Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0813546060
ISBN 13 
9780813546063
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
272
Redattore
Bielo James S.
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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ISBN 10:  0813546052 ISBN 13:  9780813546056
Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2009
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