Watts/Sensing Sacred Texts, 3. How the Bible Feels

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How to Cite: Parmenter, Dorina. How the Bible Feels: The Christian Bible as Effective and Affective Object. Sensing Sacred Texts. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 27-37 Oct 2018. ISBN 9781781795767.

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Dorina Miller Parmenter applies affect theory to the iconic dimension of bibles. Though not excluding the role of affect in performative and even semantic ritualization, she argues that affect theory provides an entrée into the distinctive role of the material book in the formation of people’s religious identity.

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  • container title
    Sensing Sacred Texts
  • creator
    Dorina Miller Parmenter
  • isbn
    9781781797426 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • series title
    Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781797426