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Bielo: Intimacy in Evangelical Bible Studies

July 3, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

Why do evangelical Christians join – and remain in – Bible studies? That's how I would characterize the basic themes of this and next weeks' chapters of James S. Bielo's Words Upon the Word: An Ethnography of Evangelical Group Bible Study, which I have been blogging through as part of my research project on academic perspectives on evangelicals. In chapter 3, “Cultivating Intimacy,” Bielo observes the close relationship between evangelicals' view of God and their desire for relationships with fellow Christians. Next … [Read more...] about Bielo: Intimacy in Evangelical Bible Studies

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Words Upon the Word Tagged With: bible studies, Evangelicalism, intimacy, james s. bielo

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