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God's Agents : Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England / / Matthew Engelke



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Autore: Engelke Matthew Visualizza persona
Titolo: God's Agents : Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England / / Matthew Engelke Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013]
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina: 267/.13
Soggetto topico: Evangelistic work - Great Britain
Soggetto non controllato: 19th century
anthropological research
anthropologists
bibles
biblical publicity
british and foreign bible society
christian charities
christianity
contemporary england
cultural anthropology
evangelical christians
faith and religion
god
modern religion
modern world
printing technology
religious historians
religious history
religious publicity
secular culture
sociology of religion
united kingdom
western world
word of god
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: God's Agents  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95710-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790674503321
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Serie: Anthropology of Christianity ; ; 15.