26.2591, Calls: Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Text/Corpus Linguistics/ Metaphor and the Social World (Jrnl)

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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:37:48
From: Stephen Pihlaja [s.pihlaja at newman.ac.uk]
Subject: Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Text/Corpus Linguistics/ Metaphor and the Social World (Jrnl)

 Full Title: Metaphor and the Social World 


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2015 

Title: Metaphor in Religion and Spirituality (proposed special issue of
Metaphor and the Social World)

Metaphor has long been a fundamental element of talk and thought about
spirituality and religion, but empirical work on these issues remains
disparate across disciplines, with little dialogue among scholars of religion
in society, religious practitioners, and scholars doing empirical research on
language. To help overcome this gap, 'Metaphor in Religion and Spirituality'
collects the most recent empirical research, with the goal of beginning and
encouraging dialogue about metaphor among scholars from different disciplines
with religious practitioners and theologians. The issue focuses on the use of
metaphor in describing religious and spiritual experience, metaphor in the
interpretation of religious texts, and metaphor in talk about religion. The
issue also focuses on how metaphor in talk around religion and spirituality
shapes and is shaped by social reality and the ways in which metaphor in
religious talk both aids and hinders empathic responses to those of differing
faiths or no faith at all. The issue also aims to offer a clear research
agenda for work on metaphor in religious discourse going forward, suggesting
potential streams for research to be developed, particularly in collaboration
with potential research users.

The issue welcomes proposals on metaphor in talk and thought about religion
and spirituality from a variety of perspectives, in particular (but not
exclusively):

- Hermeneutic activity around metaphor in religious texts
- Talk about religion in social settings (i.e., reading groups, Bible studies,
religious clubs)
- Public text and talk about religion and spirituality 
- Discourse around religion in media and new media
- Metaphor in conflict around religion
- Metaphor in talk about so-called 'New Atheism' and secular responses to
religion
- Cognitive approaches to metaphor in conceptualisation of God, gods, and/or
religious and spiritual experience

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and sent to Stephen Pihlaja
(s.pihlaja at newman.ac.uk) no later than 30 June 2015.



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