Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Preface xiii
5. 1. Literacy and Religion as Social Discursive Practices 1
6. 2. Holy Word and Holy Writ: Literacy and Christianity in History 22
7. 3. The Seventh-day Adventist Church: Historical and Institutional Background 55
8. 4. Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Church: A Contextual Description 93
9. 5. The Sabbath: Theological Construction of the Adventist Literate 123
10. 6. The Inner Circle: Familial Construction of the Adventist Literate 174
11. 7. School and Scripture: Educational Construction of the Adventist Literate 217
12. 8. Meditation and Mediation: The Politics of Religious Literacies 259
13. Appendices 287
14. References 317
15. Author Index 334
16. Subject Index 338