The Social Life of Scriptures

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism
Herausgeber: Bielo, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 focis on gender, ethnicity, agency, and power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780813546063
• ISBN-10: 0813546060
• Artikelnr.: 26526442

Autorenporträt

Edited and with an introduction by James S. Bielo

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Encountering Biblicism
The Trouble with Good News
"In the Beginning"
The Man is the Head"
The Word of God and "Our Words"
How Q'eqchi'-Maya Catholics Become Legitimate Interpreters of the Bible
"We Are Anglicans, They Are the Church of England"
Chinese American Christian Women of New England
The Bones Restored to Life:
Textual Ideology, Textual Practice
Revolve, the Biblezine
Understanding the Bible's Influence
The Social Life of the Bible