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Words: Religious Language Matters (The Future of the Religious Past) by Ernst van den Hemel; Asja Szafraniec is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Words: Religious Language Matters (The Future of the Religious Past) about?

"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."-- Provided by publisher

Author

Ernst van den Hemel; Asja Szafraniec

Publisher

Fordham University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823255580

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Language Learning, Religion