Explorations in the sociology of language and religion /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2006. |
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| Description: | viii, 347 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 20 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6118828 |
Table of Contents:
- -1. Prelim pages
- 0. Table of contents
- 1. 1. Introduction
- 2. PART 1: Effects of religion on language
- 3. 2. A decalogue of basic theoretical perspectives for a sociology of language and religion
- 4. 3. Language and world order in Bahá'í perspective
- 5. 4. Religion and traditional beliefs in West African English
- 6. 5. Eastern-Christian tradition and the Georgian language
- 7. 6. Alcoholism and authority
- 8. 7. The role of religion in the language choice and identity among Lithuanian immigrants in Scotland
- 9. 8. Religion, social history, and language maintenance
- 10. 9. Creating God in our own image
- 11. PART 2: The mutuality of language and religion
- 12. 10. Societal multilingualism and multifaithism
- 13. 11. Ideology, authority, and language choice
- 14. 12. The shifting role of languages in Lebanese Christian and Muslim identities
- 15. 13. Language and religion in Bethlehem
- 16. 14. The role of language in some ethnic churches in Melbourne
- 17. 15. Language use and religious practice
- 18. PART 3 : Effects of language on religion
- 19. 16. 'Ety myth ological othering' and the power of 'lexical engineering' in Judaism, Islam and Christianity
- 20. 17. Language, culture, science and the sacred
- 21. 18. Prayers as an integrative factor in Jewish religious discourse communities
- 22. 19. Maligned and misunderstood
- 23. PART 4: Language and religion on literacy
- 24. 20. The role of liturgical literacy in UK Muslim communities
- 25. 21. The Shamanic book
- 26. 22. Epilogue
- 27. Index
