The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pihlaja, Stephen; Ringrow, Helen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003819417
• Artikelnr.: 69457860

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword

1. Language and Religion


Part One - Religious & Sacred Language


2. The Learning of Sacred languages
   
   Sacred Languages and Power



3. Digital Media and the Sacred



4. Metaphors and Gestures in Prayers in Islam



5. Arabic Language and Representations of the Ethnic Other



6. Secular Functions of Religious Expressions



7. Symbols and Icons in Buddhist Worship



8. Religious Language in Literature



9. Language, Religion, and the Digital World


Part Two - Institutional Discourse


10. Variation of Language in Religious Texts



11. Religion, Literature, and the Secondary Classroom



12. Religious Greeting Messages as a Genre of Institutional Communication



13. News Media Representations of Religion



14. Pandemic Sermon Rhetoric and Evangelism



15. Language Policies and Religious Practice



16. Politeness in Religious Discourse



17. Religion in the Discourse of Abortion



18. Religious Oratory and Language Online



19. Catholicism and Social Media


Part Three - Religious Identity & Community


20. Religion, Identity, and Second Language



21. Selling English in an Islamic Society



22. Narratives and Religious Identity



23. Jewish Languages and American Jewishness



24. Multilanguaging in Interreligious Encounters



25. Ritual Language, Ritual Community



26. Religious Identity in Discourse



27. Conversion Narratives



28. Cognitive Metaphor and Religion



29. Religious Ritual and Language in the Local Community

Index