Reading with anthropology : exhibiting aspects of New Testament religion / Louise J. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Louise Joy, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Social scientific criticism.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament.

Anthropology of religion.

Social scientific criticism of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xix, 212 p ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bletchley, Milton Keynes ; Waynesboro, Ga. : Paternoster, 2005.

Contents:

Anthropology and biblical studies: some associations and collaborations

Reading with anthropology: a reductive pursuit?

Exhibit 1. Reading with religious practitioners: shamans and shaman healers

Exhibit 2. Reading with tricksters: irony, mystery and John's Jesus

Exhibit 3. Reading with 'rituals of resistance': willing deaths and masculinity

Exhibit 4. Reading with women's religions: procreation, suffering and the domestication of religion

Exhibit 5. Reading with poetry: modesty, love and desire

Exhibit 6. Reading with communities of goods: morals, money and virtuoso religion

Exhibit 7. Reading with food and memory: consuming at Corinth

Exiting an exhibition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-212).

ISBN:

1842273752

9781842273753

OCLC:

63692120