Rethinking Biblical Literacy

Author : Katie B. Edwards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567521088

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Rethinking Biblical Literacy by Katie B. Edwards Pdf

What do people know about the Bible, and how much do they know? The media often discusses the worrying 'decline' in biblical literacy, but what does this really mean, and how can we measure this assumed 'decline'? How can we go about teaching 'biblical literacy', and about teaching teachers how to teach it? Rethinking Biblical Literacy explores the question of biblical literacy, examining the Bible's use, influence and impact in advertising, street art, poetry, popular erotic literature, Irish and UK secondary education, stand-up comedy and The Simpsons TV series to display the different types of literacy and knowledge of the Bible. Katie B. Edwards brings together several specialists in the cultural use, impact and influence of the Bible to examine the contested nature of biblical literacy and to explore the variety of ways of 'knowing' about the Bible. The picture created is one of a broad range and at times surprising depth of knowledge about what remains arguably the most influential collection of texts ever to be published.

Author : T. J. Wray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780742562530

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What the Bible Really Tells Us by T. J. Wray Pdf

Provides the general public and undergraduates with an introductory level text in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.

Author : Ben Witherington (III)
Publisher : Baylor University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781602580176

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The Living Word of God by Ben Witherington (III) Pdf

A provocative examination of the Bible in Christian tradition and contemporary culture

Author : David G. Ford
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532636820

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Reading the Bible outside the Church by David G. Ford Pdf

In many places in the Western world, churchgoing is in decline and it cannot be assumed that people have a good grasp of the Bible's content. In this evolving situation, how would "the person on the street" read the Bible? Reading the Bible Outside the Church begins to answer this question. David Ford spent ten months at a chemical industrial plant providing non-churchgoing men with the opportunity to read and respond to five different biblical texts. Using an in-depth qualitative methodology, he charts how their prior experiences of religion, sense of (non)religious identity, attitudes towards the Bible, and beliefs about the Bible all shaped the readings that occurred.

Author : Mark Daniel Carroll R.
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567442215

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Rethinking Contexts, Rereading Texts by Mark Daniel Carroll R. Pdf

This volume brings together ten essays on the various contexts for texts that social-scientific approaches invoke. These contexts are: the cultural values that inform the writers of texts, the relationship between the text and the reader or community of readers, and the production of texts themselves as social artifacts. In the first, predominantly theoretical, section of the book, John Rogerson applies the perspective of Adorno to the reading of biblical texts; Mark Brett advocates methodological pluralism and deconstructs ethnicity in Genesis; and Gerald West explores the 'graininess' of texts. The second part contains both theory and application: Jonathan Dyck draws a 'map of ideology' for biblical critics and then applies an ideological critical analysis to Ezra 2. M. Daniel Carroll R. reexamines 'popular religion' and uses Amos as a test case; Stanley Porter considers dialect and register in the Greek of the New Testament, then applies it to Mark's Gospel. This is an original as well as wide-ranging exploration of important social-scientific issues and their application to a range of biblical materials.

Author : David G. Ford,Joshua L. Mann,Peter M. Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429788963

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The Bible and Digital Millennials by David G. Ford,Joshua L. Mann,Peter M. Phillips Pdf

The Bible and Digital Millennials explores the place of the Bible in the lives of 18 to 35 year-olds who have been born into the digital age. As the use of digital media becomes increasingly pervasive, it should follow that it will have a significant effect on people’s engagement with religion and the sacred texts associated with it. Drawing on contemporary in-depth surveys, this study unpacks digital millennials’ stance towards, use of and engagement with the Bible in both offline and online settings. The book features results from a nationally representative survey of 2,000 young British people specifically commissioned for this project. The data is also compared with the findings of others, including a poll of 850 British Bible-centric Christians and recent Bible engagement surveys from the USA. This book investigates the relevance of the Bible to the lives of those who have grown up in the digital age. It will, therefore, offer fresh insight to any scholar of biblical studies, religion and digital media, and religious studies.

Author : Zanne Domoney-Lyttle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567687975

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The Bible and Comics by Zanne Domoney-Lyttle Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume seeks to trace the diverse ways in which stories of biblical women have been reimagined in and as comic books. Feminist biblical scholarship has previously addressed the tradition that relegates female biblical characters to secondary roles, merely enabling the male characters to attain their own goals. Using examples from both secular and religious comic Bibles, and comic Bibles aimed at children and older audiences, Zanne Domoney-Lyttle now fully considers contemporary remediations of biblical narratives to the same degree. Remediating ancient, biblical text into modern, graphical comic books affects the reception of the text in several ways. This book aims to investigate how the production, format, and function of comic Bibles encourages the depiction of biblical characters from a contemporary perspective, while also showing some fidelity to the text. By presenting a focused analysis on women in the Bible, wider issues concerning popular-cultural retellings of the Bible in general begin to surface, including matters concerning reception history, the space between art and literature inhabited by biblical comics, and issues of translation and interpretations within contemporary remediations.

Author : Nasili Vaka'uta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589836200

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Reading Ezra 9-10 Tu'a-Wise by Nasili Vaka'uta Pdf

Author : Peter M. Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429671517

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The Bible, Social Media and Digital Culture by Peter M. Phillips Pdf

This book centres on the use of the Bible within contemporary digital social media culture and gives an overview of its use online with examples from brand-new research from the CODEC Research Centre at Durham University, UK. It examines the shift from a propositional to a therapeutic approach to faith from a sociological standpoint. The book covers two research projects in particular: the Twitter Gospels and Online Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. It explores the data as they relate to Abby Day’s concept of performative belief, picking up on Mia Lövheim’s challenge to see how this concept works out in digital culture and social media. It also compares the data to various construals of contemporary approaches to faith performative faith, including Christian Smith and Melissa Lundquist Denton’s concept of moralistic therapeutic deism. Other research is also compared to the findings of these projects, including a micro-project on Celebrities and the Bible, to give a wider perspective on these issues in both the UK and the USA. As a sociological exploration of Digital Millennial culture and its relationship to sacred texts, this will be of keen interest to scholars of Biblical studies, religion and digital media, and contemporary lived religion.

Author : Elizabeth Rae Coody,Dan W. Clanton Jr.,Terry Ray Clark
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000852370

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Understanding Religion and Popular Culture by Elizabeth Rae Coody,Dan W. Clanton Jr.,Terry Ray Clark Pdf

Understanding Religion and Popular Culture 2nd edition provides an accessible introduction to this exciting and rapidly evolving field. Divided into two parts, Issues in Religion and Genres in Popular Culture, it encourages readers to think critically about the ways in which popular cultural practices and products, especially those considered as forms of entertainment, are laden with religious ideas, themes, and values. This edition has been thoroughly revised and includes five new chapters, updated case studies, and contemporary references. Among the areas covered are religion and film, food, violence, music, television, cosplay, and fandom. Each chapter also includes a helpful summary, glossary, bibliography, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading/viewing. Providing a set of practical and theoretical tools for learning and research, this book is an essential read for all students of Religion and Popular Culture, or Religion and Media more broadly.

Author : Timothy Beal
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061718670

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Biblical Literacy by Timothy Beal Pdf

Everything You Need to Know About the Bible’s Most Important Stories.

Author : Daniel L. Dreisbach
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199987955

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Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers by Daniel L. Dreisbach Pdf

No book was more accessible or familiar to the American founders than the Bible, and no book was more frequently alluded to or quoted from in the political discourse of the age. How and for what purposes did the founding generation use the Bible? How did the Bible influence their political culture? Shedding new light on some of the most familiar rhetoric of the founding era, Daniel Dreisbach analyzes the founders' diverse use of scripture, ranging from the literary to the theological. He shows that they looked to the Bible for insights on human nature, civic virtue, political authority, and the rights and duties of citizens, as well as for political and legal models to emulate. They quoted scripture to authorize civil resistance, to invoke divine blessings for righteous nations, and to provide the language of liberty that would be appropriated by patriotic Americans. Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers broaches the perennial question of whether the American founding was, to some extent, informed by religious--specifically Christian--ideas. In the sense that the founding generation were members of a biblically literate society that placed the Bible at the center of culture and discourse, the answer to that question is clearly "yes." Ignoring the Bible's influence on the founders, Dreisbach warns, produces a distorted image of the American political experiment, and of the concept of self-government on which America is built.

Author : G. Ortiz,C. Joseph
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781403982995

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Theology and Literature: Rethinking Reader Responsibility by G. Ortiz,C. Joseph Pdf

By examining theological and literary narratives through an engagement with well-known theorists of reading and religion, this collection of essays, international in perspective, brings together varied, refreshing and provocative responses to well-established literary and critical theories.

Author : Patrick T. Brown M.Div Ed.D
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781973660163

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Embracing Biblical Literacy by Patrick T. Brown M.Div Ed.D Pdf

The Bible is a collection of many different books. Although it was written by forty authors over a 1500-year period, it is a complete narrative and unified story. Do you desire to study the Bible but not sure how to do so? Do you struggle with the interpretation of God’s Word?

Author : Maia Kotrosits
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781451492651

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Rethinking Early Christian Identity by Maia Kotrosits Pdf

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Union Theological Seminary, 2013 under title: Affect, violence, and belonging in early Christianity.