Reading the Bible outside the Church
David G. Ford
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Religion/Theologie
Beschreibung
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.
Kundenbewertungen
Psychology of Religion, Biblical Studies, Christianity, Religious instruction, Sacred books, Religion: general, Bible, Exegesis and Hermeneutics, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, David G. Ford, Adult, Christian Education, Psychology, Reading the Bible outside the Church, Hermeneutics, Christian life and practice, Bible and sociology, Christianity and the social sciences