LEADER 03820nam 22006135 450 001 9911133522003321 005 20251116192824.0 010 $a9780520957107 010 $a0520957105 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520957107 035 $a(CKB)2550000001125895 035 $a(EBL)1423569 035 $a(OCoLC)859380681 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001040673 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11674669 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040673 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11001645 035 $a(PQKB)10360595 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000229742 035 $a(DE-B1597)520873 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520957107 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1423569 035 $a(Perlego)551522 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001125895 100 $a20200424h20132013 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGod's Agents $eBiblical Publicity in Contemporary England /$fMatthew Engelke 210 1$aBerkeley, CA :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 0 $aThe Anthropology of Christianity ;$v15 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9780520280465 311 0 $a0520280466 311 0 $a9781299952850 311 0 $a1299952852 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tA Note to the Reader --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Angels in Swindon --$t2. The Semiotics of Relevance --$t3. Kingdom and Christendom --$t4. Doing God --$t5. Good Trouble and Good Timing --$t6. Reasonable Religion --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to make Bibles universally available. Over the past several decades, though, Bible Society has faced a radically different world, especially in its work in England. Where the Society once had a grateful and engaged reading public, it now faces apathy-even antipathy-for its cause. These days, it seems, no one in England wants a Bible, and no one wants other people telling them they should: religion is supposed to be a private matter. Undeterred, these Christians attempt to spark a renewed interest in the Word of God. They've turned away from publishing and toward publicity to "make the Bible heard." God's Agents is a study of how religion goes public in today's world. Based on over three years of anthropological research, Matthew Engelke traces how a small group of socially committed Christians tackle the challenge of publicity within what they understand to be a largely secular culture. In the process of telling their story, he offers an insightful new way to think about the relationships between secular and religious formations: our current understanding of religion needs to be complemented by greater attention to the process of generating publicity. Engelke argues that we are witnessing the dynamics of religious publicity, which allows us to see the ways in which conceptual divides such as public/private, religious/secular, and faith/knowledge are challenged and redefined by social actors on the ground. 410 0$aAnthropology of Christianity ;$v15. 606 $aEvangelistic work$zGreat Britain 615 0$aEvangelistic work 676 $a267/.13 700 $aEngelke$b Matthew$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0759705 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911133522003321 996 $aGod's Agents$94832926 997 $aUNINA