Arguments against the Textualization Regime: A Reply to Vincent L. Wimbush
In this chapter Anne Koch and Vincent L. Wimbush debate the role of scripture in the study of religion and using this term as a key phrase in attempting to define it. In his initial definition, Wimbish argues that “ ‘[s]cripturalization’ . . . best captures the larger psychosocial, political-economi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
What is religion?
Year: 2021, Pages: 261-269 |
| Further subjects: | B
academic study of religion
B Religion B Definition B scripture, semiotics |
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| Summary: | In this chapter Anne Koch and Vincent L. Wimbush debate the role of scripture in the study of religion and using this term as a key phrase in attempting to define it. In his initial definition, Wimbish argues that “ ‘[s]cripturalization’ . . . best captures the larger psychosocial, political-economic, and metadiscursive regime - shaping and shaped by nation-states - by which all are scripturally managed.” Koch responds with the claim that it is too narrow a definition and that we need to go even further; she suggests the use of “[s]emiotics - including grammar, meaning generation, time constructions, the way signs relate to objects, evaluations of repetition - and narratives (including excerpts from narratives as well as entire stories)” as “highly powerful structures in societies.” |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Illustration (schwarz-weiß) |
| ISBN: | 019006501X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: What is religion?
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190064976.003.0017 |