This book analyses the power that religion wields upon the minds of individuals and communities and explores the predominance of language in the actual practice of religion. Through an investigation of the diverse forms of religious language available — oral traditions, sacred texts, evangelical prose, and national rhetoric used by ‘faith-insiders’ such as missionaries, priests, or religious leaders who play the communicator’s role between the sacred and the secular — the chapters in the volume reveal the dependence of religion upon language, demonstrating how religion draws strength from a past that is embedded in narratives, infusing the ‘sacred’ language with political power.
The book combines broad theoretical and normative reflections in contexts of original, detailed and closely examined empirical case studies. Drawing upon resources across disciplines, the book will be of interest to scholars of religion and religious studies, linguistics, politics, cultural studies, history, sociology, and social anthropology.
- ISBN10 0415316049
- ISBN13 9780415316040
- Publish Date 26 June 2018 (first published 14 June 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 January 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge India
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 248
- Language English