James S. Bielo is a visiting assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Miami University in Ohio.
Bielo's collection is a must for all serious students of
Christianity. It puts forth such a simple idea, we have to wonder
why it's taken so long for anthropologists to get it: we cannot
understand Christianity without understanding 'the social life of
Scriptures.' In their detailed analyses, the contributors here make
a convincing case.
*London School of Economics*
The essays in this collection explore the multiple contexts in
which the Bible is actually read. They make a major contribution to
the anthropology of Christianity and to the study of reading and
interpretive practices.
*author of Serving the Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit
to the Bench*
An intriguing collection of essays. Those who do believe that the
Bible is divine revelation, but who are also willing to study its
operation in quotidian real-life situations, should welcome The
Social Life of Scriptures.
*Books and Culture*
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