Languages of religion : exploring the politics of the sacred /

Languages of religion : exploring the politics of the sacred / edited by Sipra Mukherjee. - New York, Routledge , 2018. - ix, 248 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm.

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TBH86/207

Introduction: the languages of religion / Sipra Mukherjee --
Cultures of sound: lineages and languages of sutra recitation in Goshirakawa's Japan / Charlotte Eubanks --
Kaqchikel spirituality in the shadow of catholic doctrine / Andreas Koechert, Barbara Pfeiler --
Words taken for wonders: conversion and religious authority amongst the Dalits of colonial Chhattisgarh / Chad M. Bauman --
Voices, texts, and contexts in Filipino Christianity / Jose Mario C. Francisco --
The translation of Buddhism from Asia to the west: shifting languages, adaptive logics, acculturations / Lionel Obadia --
A language 'clearly understanded of the people': the construction of an Anglo-Catholic linguistic identity, 1850-2015 / Amanda J. Haste --
Biblical semiotics and the politics of survival / Gilad Elbom --
The Būdshīshiyya's tower of Babel: cultural diversity in a transnational Sufi Order / Marta Dominguez Diaz --
Religion for nation? Churches' language policies in Belarus / Nelly Bekus --
The paradox of the term 'democracy' in Arabic discourse on the Islamic movements / Kerith Miller --
Reclaiming the sacred: the Bengali Muslim community's quest for a jatiya identity / Epsita Halder.

9781138363748 (hbk.)


Philosophy and religion--Political psychology--Political participation


Political sociology--Religion and sociology--Religion

210.14 LAN

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