Christening and the Giving of a Name in Baptism: Some Linguistic Reflections

This article uses investigations into how words for baptism, especially the use of christen and christening as well as baptize and baptism, changed over the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in order to highlight aspects of traditional English thought about baptism. It uses corpus-b...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2016]
In: Practical theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-57
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBF British Isles
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Language
B corpus linguistics
B Christening
B Naming
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)