29.1849, Books: Religion, Language, and the Human Mind: Chilton, Kopytowska (eds.)

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Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 16:45:59
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: Religion, Language, and the Human Mind: Chilton, Kopytowska (eds.)

 


Title: Religion, Language, and the Human Mind 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/religion-language-and-the-human-mind-9780190636647 


Editor: Paul Chilton
Editor: Monika Kopytowska

Hardback: ISBN:  9780190636647 Pages: 536 Price: U.S. $ 99.00


Abstract:

What is religion? How does it work? Many natural abilities of the human mind
are involved, and crucial among them is the ability to use language. This
volume brings together research from linguistics, cognitive science and
neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, to understand the phenomena
of religion as a distinctly human enterprise. 
The book is divided into three parts, each part preceded by a full
introductory chapter by the editors that discusses modern scientific
approaches to religion and the application of modern linguistics, particularly
cognitive linguistics and pragmatics. Part I surveys the development of modern
studies of religious language and the diverse disciplinary strands that have
emerged. Beginning with descriptive approaches to religious language and the
problem of describing religious concepts across languages, chapters introduce
the turn to cognition in linguistics and also in theology, and explore the
brain's contrasting capacities, in particular its capacity for language and
metaphor. 

Part II continues the discussion of metaphor - the natural ability by which
humans draw on basic knowledge of the world in order to explore abstractions
and intangibles. Specialists in particular religions apply conceptual metaphor
theory in various ways, covering several major religious traditions-Buddhism,
Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. 

Part III seeks to open up new horizons for cognitive-linguistic research on
religion, looking beyond written texts to the ways in which language is
integrated with other modalities, including ritual, religious art, and
religious electronic media. Chapters in Part III introduce readers to a range
of technical instruments that have been developed within cognitive linguistics
and discourse analysis in recent years. What unfolds ultimately is the idea
that the embodied cognition of humans is the basis not only of their
languages, but also of their religions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science


Written In: English  (eng)

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