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Canadian Bible Engagement Study

Are Canadians Done With The Bible?
The Canadian Bible Engagement Study, published on 1 May 2014, found that "about one in seven Canadians, or 14%, read the Bible at least once a week. The majority of Canadians, including those who identify themselves as Christians, read the…
Richard
May 1, 2014
Research

State of the Bible 2014

Research conducted among US adults
Barna Group (2014)
The American Bible Society and Barna Group published their annual research on the State of the Bible, "a comprehensive study of Americans' attitudes and behaviors toward the Bible". For 2014, they identified six trends: Bible skepticism is now “tied" with…
Richard
April 9, 2014
ChildrenResearch

Pass It On – Bible Society Research 2014

Report into Scripture reading habits of parents and children
In 2014, Bible Society in the UK launched Pass It On, a campaign to encourage parents to read, watch or listen to a Bible story with their child. An accompanying Research Report is available for download. Among the findings are:…
Richard
February 10, 2014
Language IssuesResearch

Contextualised Language Choice in the Church in Kenya

John Ommani Luchivia (2012)
Fuller Graduate Schools, School of Intercultural Studies Doctor of Intercultural Studies dissertation Abstract: This dissertation explores the missiological opportunities, challenges and implications of growing multilingualism among people who are fluent in two or more languages. I look at the cognitive…
Richard
August 7, 2013
ChildrenResearch

For the Bible tells me so?

An explorative study of children's critical and theological ability to engage with the Bible, using a contextual Bible study, on the Widow's offering in Mark 12 as a case study
Alice Kathleen Fabian (2012)
Abstract: The flat narratives presented in Children’s Bibles typify the assumption that children are incapable of engaging theologically and critically with the Biblical texts. The manner in which Biblical stories are told to children during their formative years can have…
Richard
July 24, 2013
Bible TranslationResearch

Bible Translation in Christian Mission

A case study of the spiritual and socio-cultural impact of the Bible translation strategy of the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation on the Dega people of Ghana
Thomas Atta-Akosah (2004)
Abstract: After participants had been told of the processes of Bible translation during a prayer partners meeting of Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT), one of them asked, "After the people have been given the Scriptures, what…
Richard
June 10, 2013
Research

Patronage and Usage of the Mother-Tongue Bibles in Kumasi, Ghana

Prime Journal of Social Science, Vol. 1, Issue 7, 121-129 (2012)
Jonathan E. T. Kuwornu-Adjaottor (2012)
Abstract: "The need for the translation of the Scriptures into the vernacular to enable people read the Bible in their mother-tongues started in the third century BC in the ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt. Since the first mother-tongue translation…
Richard
April 15, 2013