Methods, Theories, Imagination: Social Scientific Approaches in Biblical Studies: 60 (The Bible in the Modern World) - Hardcover

Chalcraft, David J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909697362 ISBN 13: 9781909697362

Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Social-scientific ways of knowing, thinking and being are inescapable; in the contemporary world a social-scientific perspective seems less an option than an unavoidable constituent of the public and private imagination. The social sciences play a central role in the self-understandings of contemporary societies and in the lives of their citizens. Biblical studies has been dramatically impacted by these intellectual developments. This book brings together new essays that reflect on the current state of social-scientific and cultural studies approaches in biblical studies, critically review the theoretical and methodological issues and explore the value of these approaches through a number of fresh substantive applications. Methods, Theories, Imagination is divided into five sections: 1. Methods, Perspectives and Theory (James G. Crossley, István Czachesz, Linda A. Dietch, Amy Erickson), 2. Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (Outi Lehtipuu, Mark Finney), 3. Social Psychology and Trauma Theory (Rebecca S. Watson, Jeremiah W. Cataldo), 4. Cultural Studies, the Social Sciences and the Hebrew Bible (Frauke Uhlenbruch, Johanna Stiebert)., 5. Anthropology and Archaeology (Ryan N. Roberts, Emanuel Pfoh). This is the first volume in the series The Bible and Social Science.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909697362
• ISBN 13: 9781909697362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Chalcraft David J., Uhlenbruch Frauke, Watson Rebecca S.