Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study o

This book comprehensively introduces Cognitive Linguistics and applies its tools to religious language. Drawing on authentic samples from a range of faiths, tex

A fundamental question for theology is the question how we are to understand the claims that we make about God. The only language we can understand is the langu

D. Z. Phillips (1934-2006) was one of the most influential, ingenious, and perhaps controversial thinkers in the Anglo-American philosophy of religion. In parti

This volume draws on an interdisciplinary team of authors to advance the study of the religious dimensions of communication and the linguistic aspects of religi