The Social Life of Scriptures : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism (9780813546063)

What do Christians do with the Bible? How do they - individually and collectively - interact 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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 272 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 17.78mm | 385.55g
• Publication date 01 Oct 2009
• Publisher Rutgers University Press
• Publication City/Country New Brunswick, NJ, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement None ed.
• Illustrations note 2
• ISBN10 0813546060
• ISBN13 9780813546063
• Bestsellers rank 1,521,332

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