An Introduction to Religious Language: Exploring Theolinguistics in Contemporary Contexts

Why religious language? -- What is religion? : what is religious language? -- Functions of religious language -- Investigating religious language : contexts, text types and strategies -- Investigating religious language : vocabulary, archaism and parallelism -- Investigating religious language : metaphor and intertextuality -- Religious language and prayer -- Religious language at the time of human death -- Religious language here, there, everywhere -- Religious language : an open horizon.

• | Author: Valerie Hobbs
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: January 14, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1350095753
• | ISBN-13: 9781350095755