GENDER AND THE LANGUAGE OF RELIGION; ED. BY ALLYSON JULE

This book puts forward current studies in the field of linguistics and explores how gender and various religions intersect with language use including the use of language in religious liturgy, in religious communities, and in interaction with identity. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Foreword......Page 11 Introduction: The Meeting of Gender, Language and Religion......Page 14 Part I Gender, Language Patterns and Religious Thought......Page 20 1 An Overview of God and Gender in Religion......Page 22 2 The Gender of God: Judeo-Christian Feminist Debates......Page 38 3 Asymmetries of Male/Female Representation in Arabic......Page 54 4 American Women: Their Cursing Habits and Religiosity......Page 76 Part II Gender and Language Use in Religious Communities......Page 98 5 Women and Men: Languages and Religion in Taiwan......Page 100 6 Women's Letters to the Editor: Talking Religion in a Saudi Arabian English Newspaper......Page 114 7 A Cyber-Parish: Gendered Identity Construction in an On-Line Episcopal Community......Page 146 8 Language Use and Silence as Morality: Teaching and Lecturing at an Evangelical Theology College......Page 164 9 The Children of God Who Wouldn't, but Had To......Page 181 Part III Gender and Language Use in Religious Identity......Page 198 10 'Restoring the Broken Image': The Language of Gender and Sexuality in an Ex-Gay Ministry......Page 200 11 'Assalam u Alaikum. Brother I have a Right to My Opinion on This': British Islamic Women Assert Their Positions in Virtual Space......Page 216 12 'Inshallah, today there will be work': Senegalese Women Entrepreneurs Constructing Identities through Language Use and Islamic Practice......Page 234 13 Gender, Hebrew Language Acquisition and Religious Values in Jewish High Schools in North America......Page 253 14 Speaking Our Gendered Selves: Hinduism and the Indian Woman......Page 270 B......Page 283 C......Page 284 E......Page 285 G......Page 286 I......Page 287 L......Page 288 M......Page 289 P......Page 290 R......Page 291 S......Page 292 U......Page 293 Z......Page 294

jule (education, U. Of Glamorgan) And Contributors Use Discourse Analytical Techniques To Examine Religious Discourse And Religious Groups Worldwide, Looking Closely At How Gender And Various Religions Relate To Language Use. Contributors Cover Such Topics In Gender, Language Patterns And Religious Thought As God And Gender In Religion, The Gender Of God In Judeo-christian Feminist Debates, Asymmetries Of Male/female Representation In Arabic, The Cursing Habits And Religiosity Of American Women, Taiwanese Religion, Religion In A Saudi Arabian English Newspaper And An Online Episcopal Community, In An Evangelical Theology College And In An Ex-gay Ministry, Opinion In British Islamic Women Online And In Senegalese Women, And Gender And Language Issues In Jewish High Schools In North American And In India Amongst Hindu Women. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

This book uses discourse analytic techniques in contributing to an understanding of the complex relationship of gender and language alongside religion and religious life as experienced by various religious groups around the world. Current studies in the field of linguistics here explore how gender and various religions intersect with language use. The universal and diverse experience of religion informs this unique collection of papers concerning the use of language in religious liturgy, in religious communities, and in interaction with religious and personal identity. Researchers and students within Linguistics, Religious Studies and Gender Studies will find stimulating data and a wide view of what language within religious practice can mean for women "This book uses discourse analytic techniques in contributing to an understanding of the complex relationship of gender and language alongside religion and religious communities as experienced by various religious groups around the world. Here, current studies in the field of linguistics explore how gender and various religions intersect with language use. The universal and diverse experience of religion informs this unique collection of work concerning the use of language in religious communities and in interaction with religious and personal identity. Those with interests in Linguistics, Religious Studies and Gender Studies will find this book stimulating concerning the role language plays within religious practice for both men and women."--Jacket This book contributes to an understanding of the complex relationship of gender and language alongside religion and religious life as experienced by various religious groups around the world. The intention is to put forward current studies in the field of linguistics and explore how gender and various religions intersect with language use. The universal and diverse experience of religion provides for this unique collection of papers concerning the use of language in religious liturgy, in religious communities, and in interaction with identity. As such, the book will attract students and researchers in discourse, gender studies and religious studies.