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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136663803321

Autore

Briggs Kenneth A.

Titolo

The invisible bestseller : searching for the Bible in America / / Kenneth A. Briggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9781467445993

1467445991

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Disciplina

220.0973

Soggetti

Bible--History

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--United States

United States--Religion

United States Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A personal and journalistic inquiry into the Bible's disappearance from American life In  The Invisible Bestseller  veteran religion writer Kenneth Briggs asks how the Bible remains the best-selling book of all time, while fewer Americans than ever can correctly articulate what it says, much less how it might offer guidance for their lives.