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02412aam a22003858i 4500 001 3BACA228AD6711EBBB9470C722ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210505010019 008 201116t20212021enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020034762 020 $a 1350095753 020 $a 9781350095755 020 $a 1350095745 020 $a 9781350095748 035 $a (OCoLC)1148220468 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d DTM $d PTS $d CFI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BL65 L2 H59 2021 100 1 $a Hobbs, Valerie, $d 1977- $e author. 245 13 $a An introduction to religious language : $b exploring theolinguistics in contemporary contexts / $c Valerie Hobbs. 264 1 $a London ; $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2021. 300 $a xix, 215 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-213) and index. 505 0 $a Why religious language? -- What is religion? : what is religious language? -- Functions of religious language -- Investigating religious language : contexts, text types and strategies -- Investigating religious language : vocabulary, archaism and parallelism -- Investigating religious language : metaphor and intertextuality -- Religious language and prayer -- Religious language at the time of human death -- Religious language here, there, everywhere -- Religious language : an open horizon. 520 $a "Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the sacred and about religion itself, it outlines the key methods required for examining religious language and considers why people make certain linguistic choices. Complete with discussion questions and comprehensive lists of further readings, this is the ideal introduction to the study of religious language"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Semiotics $x Religious aspects. 650 0 $a Theology $v Terms and phrases. 650 0 $a Communication $x Religious aspects. 650 0 $a Discourse analysis. 650 0 $a English language $x Semantics. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907012812.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317014535.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3BACA228AD6711EBBB9470C722ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search