The languages of religion : exploring the politics of the sacred /: exploring the politics of the sacred. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sipra Mukherjee.
• Editors: Mukherjee, Sipra, 1966-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages), (7 illustrations)
• Subjects: 210.14; Language and languages -- Religious aspects; Religion and politics; Religion and politics; Language and languages -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429880087; 0429880081
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.