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UNINA9910452812503321 |
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Engelke Matthew |
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God's Agents : Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England / / Matthew Engelke |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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The Anthropology of Christianity ; ; 15 |
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Evangelistic work - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- A Note to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Angels in Swindon -- 2. The Semiotics of Relevance -- 3. Kingdom and Christendom -- 4. Doing God -- 5. Good Trouble and Good Timing -- 6. Reasonable Religion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to make Bibles universally available. Over the past several decades, though, Bible Society has faced a radically different world, especially in its work in England. Where the Society once had a grateful and engaged reading public, it now faces apathy-even antipathy-for its cause. These days, it seems, no one in England wants a Bible, and no one wants other people telling them they should: religion is supposed to be a private matter. Undeterred, these Christians attempt to spark a renewed interest in the Word of God. They've turned away from publishing and toward publicity to "make the Bible heard." God's Agents is a study of how religion goes public in today's world. Based on over three years of anthropological research, Matthew Engelke traces how a small group of socially committed Christians tackle the challenge of publicity within what they understand to be a largely secular culture. In the process of telling their |
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story, he offers an insightful new way to think about the relationships between secular and religious formations: our current understanding of religion needs to be complemented by greater attention to the process of generating publicity. Engelke argues that we are witnessing the dynamics of religious publicity, which allows us to see the ways in which conceptual divides such as public/private, religious/secular, and faith/knowledge are challenged and redefined by social actors on the ground. |
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UNINA9910453542503321 |
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Upchurch Charles <1969-> |
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Before Wilde [[electronic resource] ] : sex between men in Britain's age of reform / / Charles Upchurch |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Gay men - Great Britain - History |
Gay men - Great Britain - Social conditions |
Men - Sexual behavior - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Homosexuality - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Sex - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
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Great Britain History 19th century |
Great Britain Social conditions 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Understandings -- Part Two. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes -- Part Three. Implications -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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This book examines changing perceptions of sex between men in early Victorian Britain, a significant yet surprisingly little explored period in |
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the history of Western sexuality. Looking at the dramatic transformations of the era-changes in the family and in the law, the emergence of the world's first police force, the growth of a national media, and more-Charles Upchurch asks how perceptions of same-sex desire changed between men, in families, and in the larger society. To illuminate these questions, he mines a rich trove of previously unexamined sources, including hundreds of articles pertaining to sex between men that appeared in mainstream newspapers. The first book to relate this topic to broader economic, social, and political changes in the early nineteenth century, Before Wilde sheds new light on the central question of how and when sex acts became identities. |
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