RT Book
T1 Religion, language and power
T2 Routledge studies in religion
JF Routledge studies in religion
A2 Green, Nile 1972-
A2 Searle-Chatterjee, Mary 1942-
LA English
PP New York London
PB Routledge
YR 2008
ED First published
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/55090106X
AB "Religion, Language and Power" shows that the language of 'religion' is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call 'religious' groups or identities is imbued with the play of power. Religious Studies has all too often served to amplify voices from other centers of power, whether scripturalist or otherwise normative and dominant.This book's de-centering of English classifications goes beyond the remit of most postcolonial studies in that it explores the classifications used in a range of languages - including Arabic, Sanskrit, Chinese, Greek and English - to achieve a comparative survey of the roles of language and power in the making of 'religion' . In contextualizing these uses of language, the ten contributors explore how labels are either imposed or emerge interactively through discursive struggles between dominant and marginal groups. In dealing with the interplay of religion, language and power, there is no other book with the breadth of this volume.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BL50
SN 9780415542043
SN 0415963680
SN 9780415963688
K1 Religion
K1 Religion and sociology
K1 Language and languages : Religious aspects
K1 Aufsatzsammlung