ISBN:
1556193181
,
9027217939
,
9789027217936
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 343 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in written language and literacy v. 2
Parallel Title:
Print version Literacy and Religion : The textual politics and practice of Seventh-day Adventism
DDC:
302.2/244/088267
Keywords:
Riverside Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Townsville, Qld.) Membership
;
Seventh-Day Adventists Membership
;
Christian literacy
;
Literacy
;
Townsville (Qld.) Religious life and customs
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the interrelation of literacy and religion as practiced by Western Christians in, first, historical contexts and, second, in one contemporary church setting. Using both a case study and a Foucauldian theoretical framework, the book provides a sustained analysis of the reciprocal discursive construction of literacy, religiosity and identity in one Seventh-day Adventist Church community of Northern Australia.Critical linguistic and discourse analytic theory is used to disclose processes of theological (church), familial (home) and educational (school) normalisation of communit
Description / Table of Contents:
LITERACY AND RELIGIONTHE: TEXTUAL POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Chapter 1. Literacy and Religion as Social and Discursive Practices; Chapter 2. Holy Word and Holy Writ: Literacy and Religion in History; Chapter 3. The Seventh-Day Adventist Church: Historical and Institutional Background; Chapter 4. Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Church: A Contextual Description; Chapter 5. The Sabbath: Theological Construction of the Adventist Literate
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6. The Inner Circle: Familial Construction of the Adventist LiterateChapter 7. School and Scripture: Educational Construction of the Adventist Literate; Chapter 8. Meditation and Mediation: The Politics of Religious Literacies; Appendix A: List of book titles by E. G. White; Appendix B: Twenty-seven fundamentals of Seventh-day Adventist Belief; Appendix C: Offices proposed by Riverside Church nominating committee (1990); Appendix D: Facsimile of standard adult Sabbath lesson pamphlet (1994:48-49, Apr-Jim.); Appendix E: Transcript of sermon: ""Authority, rebellion, and service""
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix F: List of character traits fostered in preschool program text, The Ladder of Life (1977)Appendix G: Philosophy and objectives of Seventh-day Adventist education; Appendix H: Objectives of language component of Murrayville curriculum document; Appendix I: Objectives of reading component of Murrayville curriculum document; Appendix J: Transcript of school lesson: ""God's health laws""; References; Author index; Subject index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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