{"product_id":"9781742237213","title":"The Bible in Australia","description":"Author: Meredith Lake\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742237213\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 544\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoby Abberton emerges like a shark on to the sand at Maroubra Beach. Tattooed from shoulder to shoulder, his body bares letters like teeth: 'My brothers keeper'.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this multi-award-winning history of the Bible in Australia, historian Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that's been wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must-read for non-believers and believers alike, \u003ci\u003eThe Bible in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, now with a new preface, explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Good Book has played a defining and contested role in this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'From the opening words about Bra Boy tattoos,this book had me gripped. It breathes colour, poetry and life into our understanding of the Bible in Australia. A vital, much-needed addition to our understanding of faith in our country.' - Julia Baird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book of remarkable originality. Formidably researched yet carrying its scholarship with an enviable lightness of touch, this is a ground-breaking cultural and social history.' -Winner of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid story-telling and impossible to put down' - Mark McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An endlessly fascinating book...Lake brings a generosity of both mind and spirit to this vast story.' - Michael McGirr,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839817994398,"sku":"ADS-9781742237213","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742237213.jpg?v=1778827359","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742237213","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}