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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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A thoughtful and insightful analysis. --Mark C. Taylor, PhD, Cluett Professor of Humanities and Religion, Williams College <br> From his perspective in literary theory, Alan Purves gives an informed, comprehensive, and yet comprehensible survey of writing, reading, and interpreting documents from the Ten Commandments to hypertext. The discussion is given a special focus by its attention to the writing, translation, reading, and interpretation of Scripture and the new possibilities that the new media pose for those traditional problems. This is not a book to be merely consulted. It is a book to be savored, the legacy of a real author--how he thought, what influenced him, what he thought interesting and worth doing--and an invitation to the reader to share and reinvent his concerns. --David Olson, PhD, Professor of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto <br> An excellent and pioneering work...Alan Purves connects the arguments about a new literature ton

A thoughtful and insightful analysis. --Mark C. Taylor, PhD, Cluett Professor of Humanities and Religion, Williams College From his perspective in literary theory, Alan Purves gives an informed, comprehensive, and yet comprehensible survey of writing, reading, and interpreting documents from the Ten Commandments to hypertext. The discussion is given a special focus by its attention to the writing, translation, reading, and interpretation of Scripture and the new possibilities that the new media pose for those traditional problems. This is not a book to be merely consulted. It is a book to be savored, the legacy of a real author--how he thought, what influenced him, what he thought interesting and worth doing--and an invitation to the reader to share and reinvent his concerns. --David Olson, PhD, Professor of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto An excellent and pioneering work...Alan Purves connects the arguments about a new literature to a spiritual dimension. --Eugene Provenzo, PhD, Professor of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami

.,. clearly based in a Christian consciousness. -- Communication Booknotes Quarterly .,. offers something slightly different from other information age treatises, examining the ways in which new communication technologies have affected the religious component in human cultural life....this is an unusual but compelling book, with an absolutely critical central idea-that faith is too big a part of human society to be ignored as the underpinnings of that society continue to change in response to the technological innovations....the book includes interesting literature reviews for anthropology, philosophy, cultural studies, and of course, religion. -- Communication Booknotes Quarterly This book is filled with creative insights that challenge any reader to think more carefully and in new ways about the contemporary world and the manner in which technology change drives and transforms culture and religion....This is a truly exciting and valuable book. -- Choice A thoughtful and insightful analysis. --Mark C. Taylor, PhD, Cluett Professor of Humanities and Religion, Williams College From his perspective in literary theory, Alan Purves gives an informed, comprehensive, and yet comprehensible survey of writing, reading, and interpreting documents from the Ten Commandments to hypertext. The discussion is given a special focus by its attention to the writing, translation, reading, and interpretation of Scripture and the new possibilities that the new media pose for those traditional problems. This is not a book to be merely consulted. It is a book to be savored, the legacy of a real author--how he thought, what influenced him, what he thought interesting and worth doing--and an invitation to the reader to share and reinvent his concerns. --David Olson, PhD, Professor of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto An excellent and pioneering work...Alan Purves connects the arguments about a new literature to a spiritual dimension. --Eugene Provenzo, PhD, Professor of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami

.,. clearly based in a Christian consciousness. -- Communication Booknotes Quarterly <br>.,. offers something slightly different from other information age treatises, examining the ways in which new communication technologies have affected the religious component in human cultural life....this is an unusual but compelling book, with an absolutely critical central idea-that faith is too big a part of human society to be ignored as the underpinnings of that society continue to change in response to the technological innovations....the book includes interesting literature reviews for anthropology, philosophy, cultural studies, and of course, religion. -- Communication Booknotes Quarterly <br> This book is filled with creative insights that challenge any reader to think more carefully and in new ways about the contemporary world and the manner in which technology change drives and transforms culture and religion....This is a truly exciting and valuable book. -- Choice <br>

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Alan C. Purves, PhD (1931-1996, ) was Professor Emeritus of English and Education at the University of Illinois, Professor Emeritus of Education and Humanities at the State University of New York at Albany, and President of The Scribes Inc., a company specializing in editorial and curriculum consulting in English Language Arts. His professional experience included teaching English at the elementary and secondary levels as well as in colleges and universities. Internationally known as a consultant on curriculum, literature instruction, and assessment, Dr. Purves published numerous articles and books in these areas.

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