Words : religious language matters / / Ernst van den Hemel, Asja Szafraniec, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (612 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.14
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Religious aspects; Communication - Religious aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HemelErnst van den; SzafraniecAsja
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. What are words? -- part II. Religious vocabularies -- part III. Transmitting and translating -- part IV. Situating oneself via language -- part V. Religious language and nationalism.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is said that words are like people: One can encounter them daily yet never come to know their true selves. This volume examines what words are how they exist in religious phenomena. Going beyond the common idea that language merely describes states of mind, beliefs, and intentions, the book looks at words in their performative and material specificity. The contributions in the volume develop the insight that our implicit assumptions about what language does guide the way we understand and experience religious phenomena. They also explore the possibility that insights about the particular status of religious utterances may in turn influence the way we think about words in our language.
• Titolo autorizzato: Words
• ISBN: 0-8232-5559-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154303703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Future of the religious past.