The social life of Scriptures : cross-cultural perspectives on biblicism /

The social life of Scriptures : cross-cultural perspectives on biblicism / edited by James S. Bielo. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �2009. - 1 online resource (vii, 237 pages) : illustrations. - Signifying (on) Scriptures . - Signifying (on) Scriptures. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index.

Encountering biblicism / The trouble with good news : Scripture and charisma in Northern Ireland / "In the beginning" : a chapter from the living testament of Rastafari / "The man is the head" : evangelical discourse and the construction of masculinities in a Tzotzil village / The Word of God and "our words" : the Bible and translation in a Mam Maya conext / How Q'eqchi'-Maya Catholics become legitimate interpreters of the Bible : two models of religious authority in sermons / "We are Anglicans, they are the Church of England" : uses of Scripture in the Anglican crisis / Chinese American Christian women of New England : transformation and continuity in inter-generational narratives of living in Christ / The bones restored to life : dialogue and dissemination in the Vineyard's dialectic of text and presence / Textual ideology, textual practice : evangelical Bible reading in group study / Revolve, the bibelzine : a transevangelical text / Understanding the Bible's influence / The social life of the Bible / James S. Bielo -- Liam D. Murphy -- John W. Pulis -- Akesha Baron -- C. Mathews Samson -- Eric Hoenes del Pinal -- Rosamond C. Rodman -- Erika A. Muse -- Jon Bialecki -- James S. Bielo -- Susan Harding -- Brian Malley -- Simon Coleman.

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 ethnographicand historical case studies, covering a range of geographic, theological, and culturalterritory.

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22573/ctt4jtm87 JSTOR




Bible--Influence--Congresses.
Bible--Use--Congresses.
Bible--Influence--Use.--Congresses--Congresses
Bible
Bibel.


Christian sociology--Congresses.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christian sociology
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Schriftverst�andnis.
Gesellschaftsleben.
Einfluss.
Sozialstruktur.
Religi�ose Gruppe.


Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.

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