How and why books matter : essays on the social function of iconic texts /
Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a te...
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| Language: | English |
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Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, Connectcticut :
Equinox Publishing Ltd.,
2019.
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| Series: | Comparative research on iconic and performative texts.
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Table of Contents:
- The iconic books project
- How books matter: three dimensions of scriptures
- Iconic books and texts
- Relic texts
- Iconic digital texts: how ritual makes virtual texts material
- Desecrated scriptures and the news media
- Ancient iconic texts
- Rival iconic texts: Ten Commandments monuments and the U.S. constitution
- Book aniconism: the codex, translation and beliefs about immaterial texts
- Mass literacy and scholarly expertise
- Why books matter: preservation and disposal.