TY  - BOOK
AU  - Engelke,Matthew
TI  - God's Agents: Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England
T2  - The anthropology of Christianity
SN  - 1299952852
AV  - BV2369 .E55 2013eb
U1  - 267267/.13 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - British and Foreign Bible Society
KW  - fast
KW  - Bible
KW  - Publication and distribution
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Publication et diffusion
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Evangelistic work
KW  - Évangélisation
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Institutions & Organizations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - General
KW  - 19th century
KW  - anthropological research
KW  - anthropologists
KW  - bibles
KW  - biblical publicity
KW  - british and foreign bible society
KW  - christian charities
KW  - christianity
KW  - contemporary england
KW  - cultural anthropology
KW  - evangelical christians
KW  - faith and religion
KW  - god
KW  - modern religion
KW  - modern world
KW  - printing technology
KW  - religious historians
KW  - religious history
KW  - religious publicity
KW  - secular culture
KW  - sociology of religion
KW  - united kingdom
KW  - western world
KW  - word of god
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index; Cover; God's Agents; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A Note to the Reader; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Angels in Swindon; 2. The Semiotics of Relevance; 3. Kingdom and Christendom; 4. Doing God; 5. Good Trouble and Good Timing; 6. Reasonable Religion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
N2  - The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to make Bibles universally available. Over the past several decades, though, Bible Society has faced a radically different world, especially in its work in England. Where the Society once had a grateful and engaged reading public, it now faces apathy-even antipathy-for its cause. These days, it seems, no one in England wants a Bible, and no one wants o
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