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Methods, Theories, Imagination Social Scientific Approaches in Biblical Studies Edited by David J. Chalcraft, Frauke Uhlenbruch, Rebecca S. Watson
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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.
David J. Chalcraft is Professor of Sociology, Liverpool John Moores University. Frauke Uhlenbruch is an editor in biblical studies at De Gruyter, Berlin. Rebecca S. Watson is Research Associate at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge. |
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Contents Introduction Biblical Studies and the Social Sciences: Whence and Whither? David J. Chalcraft
I. Methods, Perspectives and Theory
1. I Explain a Riot! New Testament Scholars Discuss Structure and Agency in an Age of Neoliberalism James G. Crossley
2. How Can Evolutionary Theory Contribute to Biblical Studies? István Czachesz
3. Using Pierre Bourdieu in the Study of Biblical Narrative Linda A. Dietch
4. Jonah and Scribal Habitus Amy Erickson
II. Studies in the Sociology of Deviance
5. Who Has the Right to Be Called a Christian? Deviance and Christian Identity in Tertullian’s On the Prescription of Heretics Outi Lehtipuu
6. Jesus and the Contours of Oppression: Labelling and Deviance in the Johannine Passion Mark Finney
III. Social Psychology and Trauma Theory
7. ‘I shall not want’? A Psychological Interpretation of Psalm 23 Rebecca S. Watson
8. Memory, Trauma and Identity in Ezra–Nehemiah Jeremiah W. Cataldo
IV. Cultural Studies, the Social Sciences and the Hebrew Bible
9. Numbers 13 by Gene Rodenberry Frauke Uhlenbruch
10. Ezekiel at the Twin Towers Johanna Stiebert
V. Anthropology and Archaeology
11. Is Anyone Home? Amos 6.8-11 in Light of Post-Earthquake Housing Ryan N. Roberts
12. Metalworkers in the Old Testament: An Anthropological View Emanuel Pfoh
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