04236nam 2200589 a 450 991045657480332120200520144314.00-8135-4841-110.36019/9780813548418(CKB)2520000000007904(EBL)889002(OCoLC)664346467(SSID)ssj0000428359(PQKBManifestationID)11323173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428359(PQKBWorkID)10414631(PQKB)10558936(MiAaPQ)EBC889002(MdBmJHUP)muse8204(DE-B1597)530357(DE-B1597)9780813548418(Au-PeEL)EBL889002(CaPaEBR)ebr10367299(EXLCZ)99252000000000790420090116d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe social life of Scriptures[electronic resource] cross-cultural perspectives on biblicism /edited by James S. BieloNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (249 p.)Signifying (on) Scriptures"This volume originated as an organized conference session at the 2006 American Anthropological Association Meetings in San Jose, California"--P. vii.0-8135-4605-2 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.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. Signifying (on) Scriptures.Christian sociologyCongressesElectronic books.Christian sociology220.09Bielo James S1047825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456574803321The social life of Scriptures2492661UNINA