32.686, Books: Talk about Faith: Pihlaja

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Subject: 32.686, Books: Talk about Faith: Pihlaja

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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:59:26
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Talk about Faith: Pihlaja

 


Title: Talk about Faith 
Subtitle: How Debate and Conversation Shape Belief 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/discourse-analysis/talk-about-faith-how-debate-and-conversation-shape-belief?format=HB 


Author: Stephen Pihlaja

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108475990 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108475990 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108475990 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

How do people of faith use language to position themselves, and their beliefs
and practices, in the contemporary world? This pioneering and original study
looks closely at how Christians and Muslims talk to people inside and outside
of their own communities about what they think are the right things to believe
and do. From debates, to podcasts and YouTube videos, the book covers a range
of engaging texts and contexts, showing how doctrine and beliefs are not
nearly as fixed and static as we might think, and that people are prone to
change what they say they believe, depending on who they are talking to. From
abortion, to hell, to whether it's okay to sell alcohol, Pihlaja investigates
how Christians and Muslims struggle with different elements of their own
faith, and try to make decisions about what to do when there are so many
different voices to believe.
 



1. Talk about Faith in Context; 2. Religious Discourse as Data; 3. Naming,
Changing, and Contemporary Contexts; 4. Inspiration, Authority, and
Interpretation; 5. Living Belief and Practice; 6. Conclusion: the Future of
Religious Discourse; Appendix.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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