TY - BOOK ID - 5482926 TI - The death of sacred texts PY - 2010 SN - 9780754669180 0754669181 9780754696216 0754696219 1315615312 1317036395 1282545280 9786612545283 1317036409 9781317036401 9781315615318 9781317036395 9781282545281 6612545283 9781317036388 PB - Farnham, Surrey, England Burlington, VT Ashgate DB - UniCat KW - Sacred books. KW - Books KW - Livres sacrés KW - Livres KW - Religious aspects. KW - Aspect religieux KW - Books -- Religious aspects. KW - Religion. KW - Sacred books KW - Religion KW - Religion - General KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Religious aspects KW - Livres sacrés KW - Books, Sacred KW - Sacred literatures KW - Religious literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5482926 AB - The Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritual attitudes towards texts which have become old and damaged and can no longer be used for reading practices and in religious worship. This book approaches religious texts and scriptures by focusing on their physical properties and the dynamic interactions of devices and habits that lie beneath and within a given text.. In the last decades a growing body of research studies has directed attention to the multiple uses and ways people encounter written texts and how they make t ER -