The sociology of language and religion : change, conflict and accommodation /

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Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8297880
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Other authors / contributors:Omoniyi, Tope.
ISBN:9780230516991
0230516998
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book is a collection by distinguished language reasearchers focussing on the most prominent theoretical framework on language and sociology of religion"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Change, Accommodation and Conflict
  • 2. Jewish Religious Multilingualism
  • 3. Mauritian Muslims: Negotiating Changing Identities through Language
  • 4. Arabic and Sociocultural Change among the Yoruba
  • 5. Authenticating a Tradition in Transition: Language of Hinduism in the US
  • 6. BlorĂ­t - Pagans' Mohawk or Sabras' Forelock? Ideological Secularization of Hebrew Terms in Socialist Zionist Israeli
  • 7. Society, Language, History and Religion: a Perspective on Bangla from Linguistic Anthropology
  • 8. Metaphors of Change: Adolescent Singaporeans Switching Religion
  • 9. African American Vernacular English, Religion and Ethnicity
  • 10. Holy Hip-Hop, Language and Social Change
  • Index