How and Why Books Matter: Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts by James W. Watts

How and Why Books Matter: Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts

Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts

James W. Watts

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nonfiction classics history literary religion informative reflective medium-paced

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Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching, and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attentio...

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