Language and Religious Identity: Women in Discourse

✍ Scribed by Allyson Jule

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 252
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In a search for a deeper understanding of the complex relationship of gender and language alongside religious identity, this book puts forward current studies from around the world emerging from the field of linguistics. The book connects language use to both a religious and gender identity. By pulling together the lived experiences of people in various communities, the linguistic field can reflect on how language works to unite, oppress, liberate or fracture the various participants.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Tables, Figures and Schemas......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
1 Testimonies and the Expansion of Women’s Roles in a Transnational Mexican Parish......Page 22
2 The Interplay of Language, Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Case Study of Hispanic Churches in Lancaster, Pennsylvania......Page 44
3 Gender Constructions and Biblical Exegesis: Lessons from a Divinity School Seminar......Page 65
4 ‘Do Unto Others’: Gender and the Construction of a ‘Good Christian’ Identity in an E-Community......Page 88
5 From Bridegroom of the Soul to Brand-as-Friend: Metaphorical Relationships in Religious and Marketing Discourses......Page 119
6 Being Male and Female in Nigerian Evangelicalism – and Saying Thank You......Page 151
7 The Role of Language in the Construction of Gender and Ethnic-Religious Identities in Brazilian-Candomblé Communities......Page 164
8 Gender and Language Use in Lisu Traditional Religion......Page 187
9 Calm and Humble In and Through Evangelical Christianity: A Chinese Immigrant Couple in Toronto......Page 211
10 Matka Polka (Mother Poland) and the Cult of the Virgin Mary: Linguistic Analysis of the Social Roles and Expectations of Polish Women......Page 235
C......Page 244
E......Page 245
G......Page 246
L......Page 247
M......Page 248
P......Page 249
R......Page 250
T......Page 251
W......Page 252