Believing in Speech: A Response to James Day's Application of Narrative to the Psychology of Religion
Day's article Speaking of Belief: Language, Performance, and Narrative in the Psychology of Religion is critically analyzed as reducing religious belief to performative speech. This approach severely constricts an understanding of belief as a dimension of a persons inner world. The use and vali...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[1993]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 237-240 |
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| Summary: | Day's article Speaking of Belief: Language, Performance, and Narrative in the Psychology of Religion is critically analyzed as reducing religious belief to performative speech. This approach severely constricts an understanding of belief as a dimension of a persons inner world. The use and validity of the concept of story is questioned and the relation of Day's approach to several other current theories is suggested. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Speaking of Belief (1993)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0304_3 |