Vincent Crapanzano
Serving the Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit to the Bench Vincent Crapanzano

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Serving the Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit to the Bench

Vincent Crapanzano

A leading anthropologist's "accessible, timely, and significant" (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of America's search for certainty. Brilliantly observed and persuasively argued, Serving the Word is an unprecedented look at the prevalence of literalism and the unexpected forms it takes in modern America's religious and secular life. Hailed as "thoughtful [and] suggestive" (The New York Review of Books), Serving the Word treats literalism as a modern belief system, analyzing its place in two seemingly contrasting fields: Christianity and the law. Moving from wealthy Angelenos who embrace starkly literal readings of the Bible to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's insisting on the narrowest interpretation of legal texts, leading anthropologist Vincent Crapanzano makes a persuasive claim that the attraction to literal certainty that we associate with fringe fanaticism is in fact deeply embedded in American culture. This "disturbing but important" book (The Washington Post Book World) examines our society's very conception of the truth, and poses basic questions about the state of America's mind and soul.

432 pages

Medios de comunicación	Libros Paperback Book (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado	1 de agosto de 2001
ISBN13	9781565846739
Editores	The New Press
Páginas	432
Dimensiones	127 × 201 × 29 mm · 417 g
Lengua	Inglés