Words upon the Word
James Bielo's Words upon the Word is a short, intelligent, and well-written analysis of what happens when Protestant Christians who live in the United States come together in small- and medium-sized groups to read the Bible. Scholars working in a number of different disciplines—anthropology, Am...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2011
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 122-123 |
| Review of: | Words upon the word (New York [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press, 2009) (Watt, David Harrington)
Words upon the word (New York [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press, 2009) (Watt, David Harrington) |
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| Summary: | James Bielo's Words upon the Word is a short, intelligent, and well-written analysis of what happens when Protestant Christians who live in the United States come together in small- and medium-sized groups to read the Bible. Scholars working in a number of different disciplines—anthropology, American studies, religious studies, women's studies, political science, and sociology, for example—have produced a rich scholarly literature on contemporary American Protestantism. A great many of the texts those scholars have written indicate that group Bible study plays a large role in shaping contemporary Protestantism in the United States. But few scholars have focused their attention on what Bible study groups are and on how they work. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srr010 |