An Introduction to Religious Language: Exploring Theolinguistics in Contemporary Contexts - Valerie Hobbs

Descriere An Introduction to Religious Language: Exploring Theolinguistics in Contemporary Contexts - Valerie Hobbs

\nReligious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the sacred and about religion itself, it considers why people make certain linguistic choices and what they accomplish. \n \nIntroducing the key methods required for examining religious language, Valerie Hobbs acquaints readers with the most common and important theolinguistic features and their functions. Using critical corpus-assisted discourse analysis with a focus on archaic and other lexical features, metaphor, agency and intertextuality, she examines religious language in context. Highlighting its use in both expected locations, such as modern-day prayer and politics, and unexpected locations including advertising, sport, healthcare and news media, Hobbs analyses the shifting and porous linguistic boundaries between the religious and the secular. With discussion questions and further readings for each chapter, as well as a companion website featuring suggested answers to the reflection tasks, this is the ideal introduction to the study of religious language.\n

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Bloomsbury Academic

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9781350095748

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1

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