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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.
Contents
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
