Secondhand Scripture
Published in Postscripts The Journal of Sacred Texts Cultural Histories and Contemporary Contexts • May 21, 2026
Authors:
James S. Bielo
Abstract
What if the Bible is the most discarded book of all time? In this article, I explore the social life of bibles as divested objects: donated or discarded, they become secondhand commodities that circulate across owners, contexts, and classifications. Based on anthropological fieldwork in the United S...
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