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

• Superior document: Signifying (on) Scriptures
• Author: American Anthropological Association. Meeting
• TeilnehmendeR: Bielo, James S.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Signifying (on) Scriptures.
• Physical Description: vii, 237 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "This volume originated as an organized conference session at the 2006 American Anthropological Association Meetings in San Jose, California"--P. vii.
• Other title: Encountering biblicism /; The trouble with good news : Scripture and charisma in Northern Ireland /; "In the beginning" : a chapter from the living testament of Rastafari /; "The man is the head" : evangelical discourse and the construction of masculinities in a Tzotzil village /; The Word of God and "our words" : the Bible and translation in a Mam Maya conext /; How Q'eqchi'-Maya Catholics become legitimate interpreters of the Bible : two models of religious authority in sermons /; "We are Anglicans, they are the Church of England" : uses of Scripture in the Anglican crisis /; Chinese American Christian women of New England : transformation and continuity in inter-generational narratives of living in Christ /; The bones restored to life : dialogue and dissemination in the Vineyard's dialectic of text and presence /; Textual ideology, textual practice : evangelical Bible reading in group study /; Revolve, the bibelzine : a transevangelical text /; Understanding the Bible's influence /; The social life of the Bible /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780813546056 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0813546052 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780813546063 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0813546060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by James S. Bielo.