The social life of Scriptures [[electronic resource] ] : cross-cultural perspectives on biblicism / / edited by James S. Bielo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456574803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 0-8135-4841-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: Signifying (on) Scriptures
• Altri autori (Persone): BieloJames S
• Disciplina: 220.09
• Soggetti: Christian sociology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This volume originated as an organized conference session at the 2006 American Anthropological Association Meetings in San Jose, California"--P. vii.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: What do Christians do with the Bible? How do theyùindividually and collectivelyùinteract 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.