The Word in Place
Reading The New Testament In Contemporary Contexts
Will be published approx. on 17. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-281-06112-9 (ISBN)
Description
Louise Lawrence introduces you to contextual Bible reading, which prioritizes the question 'what does the Bible mean to you in your context? '. She provides a practical resource that will enable you to initiate such readings within your own context.
Examples of readings from a range of contexts are given, including reading with a group from an urban regeneration area, reading with a rural village, reading with priests and reading with deaf people. Tips and resources for how to run your own contextual Bible reading are also given enabling you, and your community, to read the Bible in a new light.
Examples of readings from a range of contexts are given, including reading with a group from an urban regeneration area, reading with a rural village, reading with priests and reading with deaf people. Tips and resources for how to run your own contextual Bible reading are also given enabling you, and your community, to read the Bible in a new light.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-281-06112-9 (9780281061129)
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Person
Dr. Louise Lawrence is currently Lecturer in New Testament Studies and South West Ministry Training Course Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. She is author of Reading with Anthropology: Exhibiting Aspects of New Testament Religion (Paternoster, 2005).
Content
Part I
PEOPLE,PLACES AND STORIES
1 Recovering a sense of place 3
2 The folk arts of biblical interpretation:
introducing contextual readings 13
3 Reading in place: approaches and methods 25
Part II
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT IN
CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS
4 Reading in a city 45
5 Reading in a rural village 60
6 Reading in a fishing village 74
7 Reading among the Deaf 91
8 Reading among the clergy 105
Part III
THE WORD IN PLACE:PROSPECTS
AND POSSIBILITIES
9 The hermeneutics of place 121
10 'Being hefted in scripture': the spirit of Christian
place-making 134
PEOPLE,PLACES AND STORIES
1 Recovering a sense of place 3
2 The folk arts of biblical interpretation:
introducing contextual readings 13
3 Reading in place: approaches and methods 25
Part II
READING THE NEW TESTAMENT IN
CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS
4 Reading in a city 45
5 Reading in a rural village 60
6 Reading in a fishing village 74
7 Reading among the Deaf 91
8 Reading among the clergy 105
Part III
THE WORD IN PLACE:PROSPECTS
AND POSSIBILITIES
9 The hermeneutics of place 121
10 'Being hefted in scripture': the spirit of Christian
place-making 134