An Introduction to Religious Language

Exploring Theolinguistics in Contemporary Contexts

Bibliographic Data

ID19938897
AuthorsValerie Hobbs (0000-0001-8892-2779, corresponding author)
Year2021
Publication date2021-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAn Introduction to Religious Language (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Academic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781350095786
OpenAlexW3202876426
ISBN9781350095786
Open LibraryOL29509090M
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language. 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. 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. Highlighting its use in both expected locations, such as modern-day prayer and politics, and unexpected locations including advertising, sport, healthcare and news media, Hobbs analyses the shifting and porous linguistic boundaries between the religious and the secular. With discussion questions and lists of further reading

Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Communication · Discourse analysis · English language · Religious aspects · Semantics · Semiotics · Terms and phrases · Theology

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