An Introduction to Religious Language Exploring Theolinguistics in Contemporary Contexts

Why religious language? -- What is religion? : what is religious language? -- Functions of religious language -- Investigating religious language : contexts, text types and strategies -- Investigating religious language : vocabulary, archaism and parallelism -- Investigating religious language : metaphor and intertextuality -- Religious language and prayer -- Religious language at the time of human death -- Religious language here, there, everywhere -- Religious language : an open horizon.