Reading the Bible Outside the Church: A Case Study (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781532636813)

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.

Author: David G. Ford
ISBN-10: 1532636814
ISBN-13: 9781532636813
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2018
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d