The social life of Scriptures [electronic resource] : cross-cultural perspectives on biblicism / edited by James S. Bielo.
Material type: TextSeries: Signifying (on) ScripturesPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009Description: vii, 237 p. : illSubject(s): Bible -- Influence -- Congresses | Bible -- Use -- Congresses | Christian sociology -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 220.09 LOC classification: BS538.7 | .A43 2006Online resources: Click to View"This volume originated as an organized conference session at the 2006 American Anthropological Association Meetings in San Jose, California"--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Encountering biblicism / James S. Bielo -- The trouble with good news : Scripture and charisma in Northern Ireland / Liam D. Murphy -- "In the beginning" : a chapter from the living testament of Rastafari / John W. Pulis -- "The man is the head" : evangelical discourse and the construction of masculinities in a Tzotzil village / Akesha Baron -- The Word of God and "our words" : the Bible and translation in a Mam Maya conext / C. Mathews Samson -- How Q'eqchi'-Maya Catholics become legitimate interpreters of the Bible : two models of religious authority in sermons / Eric Hoenes del Pinal -- "We are Anglicans, they are the Church of England" : uses of Scripture in the Anglican crisis / Rosamond C. Rodman -- Chinese American Christian women of New England : transformation and continuity in inter-generational narratives of living in Christ / Erika A. Muse -- The bones restored to life : dialogue and dissemination in the Vineyard's dialectic of text and presence / Jon Bialecki -- Textual ideology, textual practice : evangelical Bible reading in group study / James S. Bielo -- Revolve, the bibelzine : a transevangelical text / Susan Harding -- Understanding the Bible's influence / Brian Malley -- The social life of the Bible / Simon Coleman.
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