The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion -

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion

Buch | Hardcover
434 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-29353-0 (ISBN)
269,95 inkl. MwSt
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion is the first ever comprehensive collection of research on religion and language, with over 35 authors from 15 countries, presenting a range of linguistic and discourse analytic research on religion and belief in different discourse contexts.

The contributions show the importance of studying language and religion and for bringing together work in this area across sub-disciplines, languages, cultures, and geographical boundaries. The Handbook focuses on three major topics: Religious and Sacred Language, Institutional Discourse, and Religious Identity and Community. Scholars from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds investigate these topics using a range of linguistic perspectives including Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, and Conversation Analysis. The data analysed in these chapters come from a variety of religious backgrounds and national contexts. Linguistic data from all the major world religions are included, with sacred texts, conversational data, and institutional texts included for analysis.

The Handbook is intended to be useful for readers from different subdisciplines within linguistics, but also to researchers working in other disciplines including philosophy, theology, and sociology. Each chapter gives both a template for research approaches and suggestions for future research and will inspire readers at every stage of their career.

Stephen Pihlaja lives and teaches in Birmingham (UK). He is the author of several books on talk about religion, including Talk about Faith: how debate and conversation shape belief (2021). He is interested in how people talk about and understand their own beliefs in diverse contexts. Helen Ringrow researches gender and religion, particularly in online contexts. She is author of The Language of Cosmetics Advertising (2016) and co-editor of Contemporary Media Stylistics (2020).

Foreword






Language and Religion
Part One - Religious & Sacred Language




The Learning of Sacred languages Sacred Languages and Power



Digital Media and the Sacred



Metaphors and Gestures in Prayers in Islam



Arabic Language and Representations of the Ethnic Other



Secular Functions of Religious Expressions



Symbols and Icons in Buddhist Worship



Religious Language in Literature



Language, Religion, and the Digital World
Part Two - Institutional Discourse




Variation of Language in Religious Texts



Religion, Literature, and the Secondary Classroom



Religious Greeting Messages as a Genre of Institutional Communication



News Media Representations of Religion



Pandemic Sermon Rhetoric and Evangelism



Language Policies and Religious Practice



Politeness in Religious Discourse



Religion in the Discourse of Abortion



Religious Oratory and Language Online



Catholicism and Social Media
Part Three - Religious Identity & Community




Religion, Identity, and Second Language



Selling English in an Islamic Society



Narratives and Religious Identity



Jewish Languages and American Jewishness



Multilanguaging in Interreligious Encounters



Ritual Language, Ritual Community



Religious Identity in Discourse



Conversion Narratives



Cognitive Metaphor and Religion



Religious Ritual and Language in the Local Community

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
Zusatzinfo 13 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 990 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-032-29353-5 / 1032293535
ISBN-13 978-1-032-29353-0 / 9781032293530
Zustand Neuware
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