Understanding Words to Change Behaviour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21363565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Elizabeth (0000-0002-3613-8285, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1111 |
| Pages | 306-322 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Blackfriars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4289 • E-ISSN: 1741-2005 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nbfr.12777 |
| OpenAlex | W4296131474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
Why do people in churches exclude, alienate, and even abuse others? Acknowledging the need for many ways of addressing this question, insights from the study of language have been explored, creating a synthesis from the ways in which ideology and language are related, an adaptation of Judith Butler's exploration of our constitution in language, understandings within the discipline of psycholinguistics, and insights from Wittgenstein's philosophy of language. This synthesis shows how words to and for the divine influence our behaviour to each other and indicates that the traditional words of male hierarchy uphold an ideology that seeks to maintain power structures, with behaviours that exclude, alienate, and even abuse fitting within these structures. The synthesis demonstrates both the need for and possibility of change from the traditionally used words to and for the divine
Adaptation (eye) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Constitution · Epistemology · Hierarchy · Ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Psycholinguistics · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Metaphors We Live By
The psycholinguistics of metaphor
Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory
The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies
Ideology
The Possibility of a Gender-Transcendent God
Finding Words of Abundant Life
Theology after Wittgenstein
Why Does Patriarchy Persist
"Ideology" from Destutt De Tracy to Marx
Women and Worship
On the priority of salient meanings
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |