Comments on: How Sexy Is Your Bible? http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/11/how-sexy-is-your-bible/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: JaxRolo http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/11/how-sexy-is-your-bible/#comment-3323 JaxRolo Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:52:02 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=945#comment-3323 Teens are not like the teens of the past. Each generation is different in their own way. I do not think is for the better but as parents that is our own fault. We seem to be afraid of the government and getting thrown in jail for child abuse if we spank our kids. Sad!

]]> By: Steve http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/11/how-sexy-is-your-bible/#comment-1457 Steve Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=945#comment-1457 I agree with Laura K – as someone who takes the Bible quite seriously, the fact that we as Americans buy any other Bible besides the alternate translations (a product of scholarship, not commercialization) means something is amiss. Come on, now. The Bible’s not so boring that it requires being “sexy” to sell.

]]> By: KathyS http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/11/how-sexy-is-your-bible/#comment-1456 KathyS Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:34:57 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=945#comment-1456 I don’t see the princess phenomena as a sexualization. I see it more innocently as girls liking sparkly things. But having said that, I agree w/ Laura K in that The Princess Bible is a commercialization of Christianity. It’s all marketing.

]]> By: laura k http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/11/how-sexy-is-your-bible/#comment-1455 laura k Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:13:14 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=945#comment-1455 The oversexualization of young girls is definitely an increasing thing in our culture right now, and while the Princess Bible might be tied into that in some way, I do get the same impression you do, that the “princess” trend is a lot more innocent. The Princess Bible, to me, speaks to a different weird cultural trend: the commercialization of Christianity. That isn’t really new, but it certainly has taken off in a major way in the last 15-20 years. There’s a great book called “American Jesus” that touches on the topic.

Whatever it means, it’s totally weird. But then again, I got a Precious Moments bible for my first communion 20 years ago. (It was hideous.) So yeah, I guess it’s not that new?

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