TY  - BOOK
AU  - Engelke,Matthew
TI  - God's Agents: Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England
T2  - The anthropology of Christianity
SN  - 1299952852
AV  - BV2369 .E55 2013eb
U1  - 267267/.13 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - British and Foreign Bible Society
KW  - Bible
KW  - Publication and distribution
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Evangelistic work
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Institutions & Organizations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index
N2  - 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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