Religion Language And Power
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Religion Language And Power
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Author : Nile Green
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-07-15
Religion Language And Power written by Nile Green and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-15 with Religion categories.
Religion, Language and Power shows that the language of ‘religion’ is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call ‘religious’ groups or identities is imbued with the play of power. Religious Studies has all too often served to amplify voices from other centers of power, whether scripturalist or otherwise normative and dominant. This book’s de-centering of English classifications goes beyond the remit of most postcolonial studies in that it explores the classifications used in a range of languages — including Arabic, Sanskrit, Chinese, Greek and English — to achieve a comparative survey of the roles of language and power in the making of ‘religion’ . In contextualizing these uses of language, the ten contributors explore how labels are either imposed or emerge interactively through discursive struggles between dominant and marginal groups. In dealing with the interplay of religion, language and power, there is no other book with the breadth of this volume.
Languages Of Religion
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Author : Sipra Mukherjee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Languages Of Religion written by Sipra Mukherjee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Asia categories.
"This book analyses the power that religion wields upon the minds of individuals and communities and explores the predominance of language in the actual practice of religion. Through an investigation of the diverse forms of religious language available oral traditions, sacred texts, evangelical prose and national rhetoric used by faith-insiders such as missionaries, priests or religious leaders who play the communicators role between the sacred and the secular the essays in the volume reveal the dependence of religion upon language, demonstrating how religion draws strength from a past that is embedded in narratives, infusing the sacred language with political power.The book combines broad theoretical and normative reflections in contexts of original, detailed and closely examined empirical case-studies. Drawing upon resources across disciplines, the book?will be of interest to scholars of religion and religious studies, linguistics, politics, cultural studies, history,?sociology?and social anthropology."--Provided by publisher.
Speech And Power Of Expression
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Author : Fethullah Gülen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Speech And Power Of Expression written by Fethullah Gülen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Expression categories.
The Languages Of Religion
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Author : Sipra Mukherjee
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2018-06-14
The Languages Of Religion written by Sipra Mukherjee and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-14 with Religion categories.
This book analyses the power that religion wields upon the minds of individuals and communities and explores the predominance of language in the actual practice of religion. Through an investigation of the diverse forms of religious language available — oral traditions, sacred texts, evangelical prose, and national rhetoric used by ‘faith-insiders’ such as missionaries, priests, or religious leaders who play the communicator’s role between the sacred and the secular — the chapters in the volume reveal the dependence of religion upon language, demonstrating how religion draws strength from a past that is embedded in narratives, infusing the ‘sacred’ language with political power. The book combines broad theoretical and normative reflections in contexts of original, detailed and closely examined empirical case studies. Drawing upon resources across disciplines, the book will be of interest to scholars of religion and religious studies, linguistics, politics, cultural studies, history, sociology, and social anthropology.
The Language Of Faith In Southern Africa Spirit World Power Community Holism
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Author : Hermen Kroesbergen
language : en
Publisher: AOSIS
Release Date : 2019-12-12
The Language Of Faith In Southern Africa Spirit World Power Community Holism written by Hermen Kroesbergen and has been published by AOSIS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-12 with Religion categories.
The aim of this book is to provide a way to do justice to an African language of faith. In systematic theology, anthropology and philosophy of religion, similar debates about how to interpret an African language of faith are ongoing. Trying to avoid the othering discourses of past generations, scholars are careful to take seriously what people in Africa say without portraying peoples beliefs as weird or backward. Yet, in their desperate attempts to avoid othering, these theologians, anthropologists and philosophers often painfully misconstrue the language of faith in Africa. Understanding the language of faith in Southern Africa is not an easy task. How should we take seriously the form of language that often seems so strange and different? I argue that, after African inculturation theology and black liberation theology, a better way to make sense of being a Christian in Southern Africa is to pay close attention to peoples language of faith. The way in which people speak of the spirit world or powers in Africa appears strange to outsiders, and the sense of community and the holistic worldview differentiates the African way of life from its Euro-American counterparts. When proper attention is paid to the use of concepts like spirit world, power, community and holism, language of faith in Southern Africa is neither as strange as it may seem, nor as romantic. By investigating these distinguishing concepts that colour language of faith in Southern Africa, this book contributes to future projects of both fellow theologians who try to construct a contemporary African theology and those who are interested in theology in Africa given the well-known southward shift of the centre of gravity of Christianity.
Religion In The Media A Linguistic Analysis
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Author : Salman Al-Azami
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-08-30
Religion In The Media A Linguistic Analysis written by Salman Al-Azami and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This ground-breaking book takes an interdisciplinary approach to language, religion and media using an audience-response study. In this book, the author investigates how the three Abrahamic faiths - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - are represented in mainstream British media and analyses how members of each religious group and those with no religion receive those representations. Employing Critical Discourse Analysis, Al-Azami considers the way the media use their power of language to influence the audience’s perceptions of the three religions through newspaper articles, television documentaries and television dramas. Chapter 3 presents the results of an original investigation into the responses of members of the three religious groups and those with no religion when exposed to those same media materials. The author applies the encoding/decoding model and also considers people’s views in face-to-face interactions compared to comments on online newspapers. Comprehensive in its analysis, this book will be of interest to students of Linguistics, Media Studies, Religious Studies, and Journalism.
Speech And Power Of Expression
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Author : M. Fethullah Gülen
language : en
Publisher: Tughra Books
Release Date : 2010-07-16
Speech And Power Of Expression written by M. Fethullah Gülen and has been published by Tughra Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-16 with Religion categories.
Emphasizing the esthetic concerns of the Islamic civilization as well as underlining the true nature of the religion, this insightful opus contains a collection of essays on the art of language from a revered contemporary scholar of Islam. Written separately as lead articles for the Turkish literary magazine, Yagmur, the volume eloquently articulates the author’s approach to speech as well as his definitions of poetry, history, and beauty, all of which are deeply embroidered around the lacework of Islam. With powerful emphasis on belief in God, each essay addresses an important matter of language that aptly relates to the current state of affairs in the Muslim world and the nature of human existence in the 21st century as a whole.
The Sacrament Of Language
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Author : Giorgio Agamben
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2018-02-28
The Sacrament Of Language written by Giorgio Agamben and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-28 with Philosophy categories.
Oaths play an essential part in the political and religious history of the West as a 'sacrament of power'. Yet despite numerous studies by linguists, anthropologists and historians of law and of religion, there exists no complete analysis of the oath which seeks to explain the strategic function that this phenomenon has performed at the intersection of law, religion and politics. The oath seems to define man himself as a political animal, but what is an oath and from where does it originate? Taking this question as its point of departure, Giorgio Agamben's book develops a pathbreaking 'archaeology' of the oath. Via a firsthand survey of Greek and Roman sources which shed light on the nexus of the oath with archaic legislation, acts of condemnation and the names of gods and blasphemy, Agamben recasts the birth of the oath as a decisive event of anthropogenesis, the process by which mankind became humanity. If the oath has historically constituted itself as a 'sacrament of power', it has functioned at one and the same time as a 'sacrament of language' - a sacrament in which man, discovering that he can speak, chooses to bind himself to his language and to use it to put life and destiny at stake.
Language And Religion
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Author : Robert Yelle
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-02-19
Language And Religion written by Robert Yelle and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume draws on an interdisciplinary team of authors to advance the study of the religious dimensions of communication and the linguistic aspects of religion. Contributions cover: poetry, iconicity, and iconoclasm in religious language; semiotic ideologies in traditional religions and in secularism; and the role of materiality and writing in religious communication. This volume will provoke new approaches to language and religion.
The Power To Speak
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Author : Rebecca S. Chopp
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2002-11-22
The Power To Speak written by Rebecca S. Chopp and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-22 with Religion categories.
In a calm, sustained style, the author breaks new ground in the ongoing feminist theological pilgrimage, one that will make traditionalists squirm and liberationists cheer." 'Choice' In 'The Power to Speak', Rebecca Chopp offers an exhilarating defense of feminist theology as proclamation and good news for all. Arguing for a critique and transformation of language, subjectivity, and politics, this thoughtful, engaged book opens new directions in feminist thought." Elizabeth Fox-Genovese A provocative treatment of feminist theology's deepest potential to transform the discipline through language." 'WATERwheel' Rebecca Chopp is developing an original theological position. Her interpretation of Christian faith and Christian theology as having to do primarily with 'emancipatory transformation' breaks through the individualistic pietism of modern liberalism as well as the provincialism of many of the liberation theologies." Gordon D. Kaufman