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God's Agents : Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England.
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 se...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Anthropology of Christianity ;
15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299952852 9781299952850 9780520957107 0520957105 |