Religious language and critical discourse analysis : ideology and identity in Christian discourse today /
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| Author / Creator: | Heather, Noel, 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : P. Lang, c2000. |
| Description: | 319 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions and discourse, 1422-8998 ; v. 5 |
| Subject: | Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Critical discourse analysis -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4456398 |
| Summary: | This book demonstrates the highly productive effects of applying contemporary views of discourse to religious language, seen (in theological terms) from a postliberal viewpoint. The emphasis is on critical discourse analysis (CDA), with its well-developed methodology for deconstructing the manifestations of power. What emerges is a combination of two complementary, surprisingly simple models which explain many aspects of the language used and witnessed by contemporary Christian believers. A wide variety of detailed, worked examples provide a very practical introduction to the revealing practice of understanding how discourse analysis responds to the question: «When language is used in a religious context, what's going on here?» |
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| Physical Description: | 319 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 3906762548 (pbk.) 0820442380 (US : pbk.) |