God's Agents

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"God's Agents is beautifully written, subtle, smart, and evocative of a mood. This is a wonderfully engaging ethnography, filled with characters and stories that stay with the reader and provoke new ways of thinking about religion in modern life."—Courtney Bender, author of The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination "A beautifully written book. Engelke creates a new ethnographic field, that of biblical publicity, by following its ambitions in the high street, in politics, and in a Christian think tank. He forces us—subtly but firmly—to rethink the location of religion in post-secular England and beyond."—Simon Coleman, Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto "God's Agents is a major accomplishment in the anthropology of Christianity. With great ethnographic sensitivity and theoretical sophistication, Engelke shows how an organization seeking to promote Christianity in England today engages, negotiates, and ambivalently finds its place within the structures of politics and publicity in market society. Essential reading for anyone interested in the career of Chirstianity in the age of media culture."—Charles Hirschkind, author of The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics "With gentle humour and narrative skill, Matthew Engelke leads us into the world of a Bible Society intent on bringing Jesus to 21st century Britain. The small dramas that unfold tell us more about what’s really at stake in bringing religion into public life than any number of more abstract discussions."—Linda Woodhead, Professor of Sociology of Religion, Lancaster University