Social Identity and the Book of Amos PB

Social Identity and the Book of Amos PBWhat, according to the Book of Amos, does it mean to be the people of God? In this book, Andrew M. King employs a Social Identity Approach (SIA), comprised of Social Identity Theory and Self Categorization Theory, to explore the relationship between identity formation and the biblical text. Specifically, he examines the identity forming strategies embedded in the Book of Amos. King begins by outlining the Social Identity Approach, especially its use

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The statistics are sobering: between 80 and 90 percent of kids who have grown up in the church are leaving the church after age eighteen

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the second edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout and includes three new chapters on how we got the Gospels

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