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Explorations in the sociology of language and religion /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Omoniyi, Tope, Fishman, Joshua A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2006.
Colección:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 20.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Effects of religionon language
  • 2. A decalogue of basic theoreticalperspectives for a sociologyof language and religion1
  • 3. Language and world orderin Bah225;}237; perspective
  • 4. Religion and traditional beliefin West African English
  • 5. Eastern-Christian traditionand the Georgian language
  • 6. Alcoholism and authority
  • 7. The role of religionin language choice and identityamong Lithuanian immigrantsin Scotland
  • 8. Religion, social history, and language maintenance
  • 9. Creating God in our image
  • Part II. The mutuality of languageand religion
  • 10. Societal multilingualismand multifaithism
  • 11. Ideology, authority, and language choice
  • 12. The shifting role of languages in LebaneseChristian and Muslim identities
  • 13. Language and religion in Bethlehem
  • 14. The role of languagein some ethnic churchesin Melbourne
  • 15. Language use and religious practice
  • Part III. Effects of languageon religion
  • 16. 8216;Etymythological othering8217;and the power of 8216;lexical engineering8217;in Judaism, Islam and Christianity
  • 17. Language, culture, science and the sacred
  • 18. Prayers as an integrative factorin Jewish religious discourse communities1
  • 19. Maligned and misunderstood
  • Part IV. Language and religionon literacy
  • 20. The role of liturgical literacyin UK Muslim communities
  • 21. The Shamanic book
  • 22. Epilogue
  • Index
  • The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.