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How the Bible Works: An Anthropological Study of Evangelical Biblicism
by
Brian Malley
What do evangelicals believe when they 'believe in the Bible?' Despite hundreds of English versions that differ in their texts, evangelicals continue to believe that there is a stable text 'the Bible' which is the authoritative word of God and an essential guide to their everyday lives. To understand this phenomenon of evangelical Biblicism, anthropologist and biblical sch...more
Paperback, 184 pages
Published
April 30th 2004
by Altamira Press
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This book is one of the only (if not the only) book I've found that looks at evangelical interpretive _practices_. I think he really gets it right by describing literalism as an interpretive tradition that is a species of belief tradition in relationship to a text (not necessarily an interpretive relation). He also points out that many scholars seem to take the avowal of literalism at its face value rather than investigating the practices. His theoretical analysis comes out of cognitive theories...more
A close and objective look at how literacy and epistemology in a cultural setting interact. "The Bible" is viewed by people in our culure much as people in other cultures view "The Koran." It is very interesting how narrative forms mythic belief.
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