Materializing the Bible : scripture, sensation, place / James S. Bielo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bielo, James S., author.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in material religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--United States--Social life and customs.

Christians.

Bible and anthropology.

Material culture--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Material culture.

Material culture--United States.

Manners and customs.

United States.

Christians--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

xi, 273 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

"What happens when the written words of biblical scripture are transformed into experiential ... environments? To answer this", the book "explores a diverse range of practices and places ... including gardens, theme parks, shrines, museums, memorials, exhibitions, theatrical productions, and other forms of replication. Integrating ethnographic, archival, and mass media data, case studies focus primarily on US Christianity from the late 19th century to the present. Composed as 20 short chapters that may be read in any order, the book is divided into three sections. Section I, 'Variations on replication,' analyzes examples that recontextualize elements from the (actual or imagined) biblical past. Section II, 'The power of nature,' turns to the natural world associated with Christian scripture and how it is mobilized as a privileged media. Sectin III, 'Choreographing experience,' examines lived interactions with the affordances of materializing the Bible."--Back cover.

Contents:

(from table of contents) Introduction

Section I. Variations on replication. 1:1

Miniaturizing

Reenacting

Imagineering

Plastic Jesus

Ways of remaining

Section II. The power of nature. Flora

Fauna

Ingesting the word

How stones do things

Section III. Choreographing experience. Circulation. Miracles and lavatories

Greetings from ...

Like-able me, like-able there

Design. In place, in motion

Interactivity

Engulfed I

Engulfed II

Classification. In the garden

Rev. Ruth's yard poetics

Four crosses over Waterbury

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-269) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781350065048

1350065048

OCLC:

1227917417

Publisher Number:

99988509234