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

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

Brilliantly observed and persuasively argued, Serving the Word, now in paperback, is an unprecedented look at the...
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Author: Vincent Crapanzano
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Serving the Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit to the Bench by Crapanzano, Vincent

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

CHF 39.51

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

CHF 39.51
Author: Vincent Crapanzano
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Brilliantly observed and persuasively argued, Serving the Word, now in paperback, 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.




Author: Vincent Crapanzano
Publisher: New Press
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 7.89h x 5.03w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9781565846739

About the Author
Vincent Crapanzano is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature in the Graduate Faculty of the City University of New York. His many books include Waiting: The Whites of South Africa. He lives in New York with his wife, the writer Jane Kramer.

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