Words : religious language matters / Ernst van den Hemel, Asja Szafraniec, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hemel, Ernst van den, editor.

Szafraniec, Asja, editor.

Series:

Future of the religious past.

The Future of the Religious Past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Religious aspects.

Language and languages.

Communication--Religious aspects.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (612 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is said that words are like people: One can encounter them daily yet never come to know their true selves. This volume examines what words are how they exist in religious phenomena. Going beyond the common idea that language merely describes states of mind, beliefs, and intentions, the book looks at words in their performative and material specificity. The contributions in the volume develop the insight that our implicit assumptions about what language does guide the way we understand and experience religious phenomena. They also explore the possibility that insights about the particular status of religious utterances may in turn influence the way we think about words in our language.

Contents:

part I. What are words?

part II. Religious vocabularies

part III. Transmitting and translating

part IV. Situating oneself via language

part V. Religious language and nationalism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 13, 2016).

ISBN:

0-8232-5559-X

OCLC:

948685159