1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion

Edited By Stephen Pihlaja, Helen Ringrow Copyright 2024
448 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

448 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

448 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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List of Contributors

Foreword - Paul Chilton

  1. Language and Religion - Stephen Pihlaja & Helen Ringrow
  2. Part One - Religious & Sacred Language

  3. The Learning of Sacred languages - Bene Bassetti
  4. Sacred Languages and Power - Brian P. Bennett
  5. Digital Media and the Sacred - Nevfel Boz & Zehra Erşahin
  6. Metaphors and Gestures in Prayers in Islam - Manar El-Wahsh
  7. Arabic Language and Representations of the Ethnic Other - Mohamed Hassan
  8. Secular Functions of Religious Expressions - Marwan Jarrah & Sharif Alghazo
  9. Symbols and Icons in Buddhist Worship - Charles M. Mueller
  10. Religious Language in Literature - Clara Neary
  11. Language, Religion, and the Digital World - Stephen Pihlaja
  12. Part Two - Institutional Discourse

  13. Variation of Language in Religious Texts - Svitlana Shurma & Wei-lun Lu
  14. Religion, Literature, and the Secondary Classroom - Furzeen Ahmed
  15. Religious Greeting Messages as a Genre of Institutional Communication - Melanie Barbato
  16. News Media Representations of Religion - Gavin Brookes, Isobelle Clarke, & Tony McEnery
  17. Pandemic Sermon Rhetoric and Evangelism - Clint D. Bryan
  18. Language Policies and Religious Practice - Anthony J. Liddicoat
  19. Politeness in Religious Discourse - Marzena Makuchowska
  20. Religion in the Discourse of Abortion - Helen Ringrow & Simon Statham
  21. Religious Oratory and Language Online - Fiona Rossette-Crake
  22. Catholicism and Social Media - Andre Joseph Theng
  23. Part Three - Religious Identity & Community

  24. Religion, Identity, and Second Language - Amal Alhamazany
  25. Selling English in an Islamic Society - Samar Alkhalil
  26. Narratives and Religious Identity - Iman Abdulrahman Almulla
  27. Jewish Languages and American Jewishness - Anastasia Badder & Sharon Avni
  28. Multilanguaging in Interreligious Encounters - Linda Sauer Bredvik
  29. Ritual Language, Ritual Community - Manel Herat
  30. Religious Identity in Discourse - Kate Power
  31. Conversion Narratives - Kumaran Rajandran
  32. Cognitive Metaphor and Religion - Peter Richardson
  33. Religious Ritual and Language in the Local Community - Andrey Rosowsky

Index

Biography

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).