31.3227, Books: Religious Talk Online: Pihlaja

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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:14:17
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Religious Talk Online: Pihlaja

 


Title: Religious Talk Online 
Subtitle: The Evangelical Discourse of Muslims, Christians, and Atheists 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/discourse-analysis/religious-talk-online-evangelical-discourse-muslims-christians-and-atheists?format=PB 


Author: Stephen Pihlaja

Paperback: ISBN:  9781316610183 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 29.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781316610183 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 22.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781316610183 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 26.83


Abstract:

In the online world, people argue about anything and everything - religion is
no exception. Stephen Pihlaja investigates how several prominent social media
figures present views about religion in an environment where their positions
are challenged. The analysis shows how conflict creates a space for users to
share, explain, and develop their opinions and beliefs, by making appeals to
both a core audience of like-minded viewers and a broader audience of viewers
who are potentially interested in the claims, ambivalent, or openly hostile.
The book argues that in the back-and-forth of these arguments, the positions
that users take in response to the arguments of others have consequences for
how religious talk develops, and potentially for how people understand and
practice their beliefs in the twenty-first century. Based on original
empirical research, it addresses long-debated questions in sociolinguistics
and discourse analysis regarding the role of language in building solidarity,
defining identity and establishing genres and registers of interaction.

1. Introduction: religious interaction online; 2. Finding and analysing
religious interaction; 3. Conflicts; 4. Stories and storylines; 5. Themes; 6.
Conclusion: Evangelical outreach – arguing, appealing, and consoling.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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