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Scripture Engagement Essentials

Generation AlphaChildrenResearch

Generation Alpha

Initial insights into a new generation
Generation Alpha, born between 2010 and 2024, is growing up in a world vastly different from the one most of the older Gen Z kids experienced. While there's still a lot of research to be done to understand them fully,…
Richard
July 18, 2023
State of the Bible USA 2023Research

State of the Bible USA 2023

Each year, State of the Bible pursues a rigorous research agenda. We track key metrics year over year, and we look for connections to new horizons in the scientific studies of religion, well-being, and society. The State of the Bible…
Richard
April 12, 2023
Training

CanIL Scripture Engagement Training

The Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) offers a Scripture Engagement training track with courses accepted by SIL and Wycliffe Bible Translators as preparation for cross-cultural service. In 2023, the SE course will be taught in the summer: either in person…
Richard
April 11, 2023
People of the ScreenDigitalResearch

People of the Screen

How Evangelicals Created the Digital Bible and How It Shapes Their Reading of Scripture
John Dyer (2022)
From the book description: People of the Screen traces the history of Bible software development, showing the unique and powerful role evangelical entrepreneurs and coders have played in shaping its functionality and how their choices in turn shape the reading…
Richard
March 13, 2023
Research

Locally Owned

How African Research Methodologies can be used in Scripture Engagement Research to Grow Local Ownership and Shape International SE Frameworks
Laura Robison (2022)
MA dissertation: Contemporary Missiology, Redcliffe College Abstract: This dissertation seeks to provide an overview of Indigenous Research Methodologies in connection with how they can help shape the field of Scripture Engagement research. As SE highly values local ownership and community…
Richard
January 25, 2023
Translating the Bible into Action (2nd edition)AdvocacyBible PreachingBible ReadingBible StorytellingBible StudyBible TranslationChildrenCultureDigitalDramaLanguage IssuesLiteracyMarketing and DistributionMeditation and PrayerMemorising ScriptureMusic and WorshipTrauma HealingVisual Arts

Translating the Bible into Action

How the Bible can be Relevant in all Languages and Cultures
Margaret Hill, Harriet Hill (2022)
Second Edition (2022) When Jesus was born to Mary, God “translated” himself into our human world. This act of God’s translation continues today wherever the gospel is expressed, in each language and lived out in each culture that makes up…
Richard
June 18, 2022