{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-scriptures-cross-cultural-perspectives-on-biblicism-9780813546063","title":"The Social Life of Scriptures: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Bielo | Brian Malley | Jon Bialecki\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology of Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do Christians do with the Bible? How do they�individually and collectively�interact 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Scriptures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Scriptures\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880688996503,"sku":"9780813546063","price":3333.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813546063.webp?v=1770228024","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-social-life-of-scriptures-cross-cultural-perspectives-on-biblicism-9780813546063","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}