The Unchained Bible
Cultural Appropriations of Biblical Texts
This volume explores a number of instances of unexpected but influential readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature, film, music and politics. The argument in all of them is that the effects of the Bible continues to have an effect on contemporary culture in ways that may surprise and sometimes dismay both religious and secular groups. That the Bible was at one time chained in churches is true. The subversive misreading of this enchainment as a symbol of a book in captivity to the established church is hard to suppress, however. Yet, once released from these chains, the Bible proves to be a text that gets everywhere and which underg…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-567-18706-2
- EAN: 9780567187062
- Produktnummer: 16998639
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'188 KB
Über den Autor
Hugh S. Pyper is Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK
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