The social life of Scriptures cross-cultural perspectives on biblicism / [electronic resource] :
edited by James S. Bielo.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
- vii, 237 p. : ill.
- Signifying (on) Scriptures .
- Signifying (on) Scriptures. .
"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 / 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.