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The Accessorized Bible Audiobook
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Drawing on cutting-edge work in biblical studies and ethics, David Dault explores how bibles shape and are shaped by contemporary culture.
The recent rise in Christian nationalism and religious violence demands new approaches to scriptural interpretation that are rooted in nonviolence and moral seriousness. In The Accessorized Bible, David Dault explores the ethical implications of how we use scripture as an accessory, whether as an accessory to our fashion choices or as an accessory to our crimes and violence against one another.
Drawing on recent ideas in biblical interpretation—including Scriptural Reasoning, Iconic Books, and Cultural Materialism—David Dault weaves a rich and inviting tapestry of approaches to understanding the irreducible connection between bibles and cultural production. Along the way, Dault challenges listeners to think deeply and clearly about their roles as bystanders, participants, and accessories to the acts and decisions we undertake in the Bible’s name.
In the end, The Accessorized Bible asks us to rethink our ways of reading, our institutions, and even love itself in light of the presence of the vulnerable and the cast-aside among us.
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“The Accessorized Bible does not invite us to think outside the box. Instead, provocatively, powerfully, and persuasively, it asks us to consider boxes we have never imagined and then to think outside them. It is not about The Bible but about bibles and their accessories—especially us. All that seems quite serene until, late in the book, we feel this scorpion-sting: ‘Pilate was an accessory.’ Do all bibles have Pilates?”
— John Dominic Crossan, author of Paul the Pharisee: A Vision Beyond the Violence of Civilization
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“Drawing from studies of material scriptures, Dault effectively challenges us to a take a position of moral seriousness by misreading bibles for the sake of a life-giving, catastrophic love.”
— James W. Watts, Syracuse University -
“In a manner both brilliant and engaging, David Dault deconstructs our preconceived notions of what a ‘bible’ is in order to shed light on the manifold ways bibles function in religious and literary contexts. This book is both an intellectual gem and a captivating read, which will delight and challenge readers.”
— Daniel P. Horan, professor of philosophy, religious studies, and theology, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana -
“I read Dault’s book not as exegesis of text but as window onto the texture of conscientization of a type of Americanized, Christianized white male critic who, as he writes, comes to know himself. The book is for all explorers who need destabilization and refreshment for the ongoing excavation.”
— Vincent L. Wimbush, Institute for Signifying Scriptures
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About David Dault
David Dault teaches in the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago. He is the host of Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith, an award-winning radio show and podcast. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
About Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.