Introduction to Religious Language
Introduction to Religious Language Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the…
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Introduction to Religious Language
Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the sacred and about religion itself, it considers why people make certain linguistic choices and what they accomplish.Introducing the key methods required for examining religious language, Valerie Hobbs acquaints readers with the most common and important theolinguistic features and their functions. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language.
Highlighting its use in both expected locations, such as modern-day prayer and politics, and unexpected locations including advertising, sport, healthcare Using critical corpus-assisted discourse analysis with a focus on archaic and other lexical features, metaphor, agency and intertextuality, she examines religious language in context.