Language of Religion, Religions as Languages. Introduction to the Special Issue 'Religions and Languages: A Polyphony of Faiths'.

Interreligious dialogue Language of religion Religion and arts Religion and science Religion and technology Religion as language

Journal

Sophia (Melbourne, Vic.)
ISSN: 1873-930X
Titre abrégé: Sophia
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9918679787706676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
accepted: 15 02 2022
medline: 1 1 2022
pubmed: 1 1 2022
entrez: 16 4 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Religions use linguistic and non-linguistic codes of meaning to express their contents: natural tongues, music, sculpture, poetry, rituals, practices... Also, religions provide the semantic context and the rules to produce, validate, and interpret their expressions: as such, religions can be considered languages. The

Identifiants

pubmed: 38624814
doi: 10.1007/s11841-022-00912-5
pii: 912
pmc: PMC8968769
doi:

Types de publication

Editorial

Langues

eng

Pagination

1-7

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2022.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing InterestsThe author declares no competing interests.

Auteurs

Andrea Vestrucci (A)

Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA USA.
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Classifications MeSH