Signifying (on) Scriptures – serie
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12 produkter
Divining the Self
A Study in Yoruba Myth and Human Consciousness
Inbunden, 2012
663 kr
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Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the …
Divining the Self
A Study in Yoruba Myth and Human Consciousness
Häftad, 2012
436 kr
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Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the …
Finding Kluskap
A Journey into Mi'kmaw Myth
Inbunden, 2013
820 kr
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The Mi’kmaq of eastern Canada were among the first indigenous North Americans to encounter colonial Europeans. As early as the mid-sixteenth century, they were trading with French fishers, and by the mid-seventeenth century, large numbers of Mi’kmaq had converted to Catholicism. Mi’kmaw Catholicism …
Finding Kluskap
A Journey into Mi'kmaw Myth
Häftad, 2013
436 kr
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The Mi’kmaq of eastern Canada were among the first indigenous North Americans to encounter colonial Europeans. As early as the mid-sixteenth century, they were trading with French fishers, and by the mid-seventeenth century, large numbers of Mi’kmaq had converted to Catholicism. Mi’kmaw Catholicism …
Understanding the Qurʾanic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age
Inbunden, 2013
911 kr
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Understanding the Qurʾanic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age explores the ways in which meaningful implications have been drawn from stories of miracles in the Qurʾan. Isra Yazicioglu describes the fascinating medieval Muslim debate over miracles and connects its insights with early and late modern …
Understanding the Qurʾanic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age
Häftad, 2013
564 kr
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Understanding the Qurʾanic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age explores the ways in which meaningful implications have been drawn from stories of miracles in the Qurʾan. Isra Yazicioglu describes the fascinating medieval Muslim debate over miracles and connects its insights with early and late modern …
Borderline Exegesis
Inbunden, 2014
791 kr
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In Borderline Exegesis, Leif Vaage presents an alternative approach to biblical interpretation, or exegesis—an approach that bends the boundaries of the traditional North American methodology to analyze the meaning of biblical texts for a wider audience. To accomplish this, Vaage engages in a …
Borderline Exegesis
Häftad, 2014
509 kr
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In Borderline Exegesis, Leif Vaage presents an alternative approach to biblical interpretation, or exegesis—an approach that bends the boundaries of the traditional North American methodology to analyze the meaning of biblical texts for a wider audience. To accomplish this, Vaage engages in a …
Social Life of Scriptures
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism
Av James Bielo
Inbunden, 2009
1059 kr
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What do Christians do with the Bible? How do theyùindividually and collectivelyùinteract with the sacred texts? Why does this engagement shift so drastically among and between social, historical, religious, and institutional contexts? Such questions are addressed in a most enlightening, engaging, …
Social Life of Scriptures
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism
Av James Bielo
Häftad, 2009
438 kr
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What do Christians do with the Bible? How do theyùindividually and collectivelyùinteract with the sacred texts? Why does this engagement shift so drastically among and between social, historical, religious, and institutional contexts? Such questions are addressed in a most enlightening, engaging, …
Kimbanguism
An African Understanding of the Bible
Inbunden, 2017
1185 kr
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In this volume, Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot, a sociologist and son of a Kimbanguist pastor, provides a fresh and insightful perspective on African Kimbanguism and its traditions.The largest of the African-initiated churches, Kimbanguism claims seventeen million followers worldwide. Like other such …
Theorizing Scriptures
New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon
Häftad, 2008
537 kr
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Historically, religious scriptures are defined as holy texts that are considered to be beyond the abilities of the layperson to interpret. Their content is most frequently analyzed by clerics who do not question the underlying political or social implications of the text, but use the writing to …
