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The Rise and Fall of the Bible: Evangelical Capitalism, the Digital Revolution, and the Twilight of |
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Start Date: | 2/27/2014 | Start Time: | 7:30 PM |
End Date: | 2/27/2014 | End Time: | 9:00 PM |
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Event Description
Dr. Timothy Beal
The Florence Harkness Professor of Religion
Case Western Reserve University
Journey back to early Christianity to
explore how a bunch of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward
to see how the multibillion-dollar Bible business is selling down its
sacred capital. Today, in the twilight of print book culture and the
dawn of the digital era, the Bible is undergoing another revolution --
one that will be as big as Gutenberg. It's the “end of ‘the Word’ as we
know it.” Instead of attempting to protect and preserve our iconic "Good
Book," Beal sees this crisis as an opportunity to rediscover “the Bible
after the Bible,” not as a rock but a river, and not as a book of
answers but a library of questions.
Lane C. McGaughy Lectureship in Ancient Studies
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Admission / Ticket Info: Free |
Event Sponsor(s): Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology George H. Atkinson Chair for Religion and Ethical Studies |
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