Religions and Discourse

Religions and Discourse explores religious language in the major world faiths from
various viewpoints, including semiotics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics,
and reflects on how it is situated within wider intellectual and cultural contexts.
In particular a key issue is the role of figurative speech. Many fascinating metaphors
originate in religion e.g. revelation as a 'garment', apostasy as 'adultery',
loving kindness as the 'circumcision of the heart'. Every religion rests its specific
orientations upon symbols such as these, to name but a few. The series strives after
the interdisciplinary approach that brings together such diverse disciplines as religious
studies, theology, sociology, philosophy, linguistics and literature, guided
by an international editorial board of scholars representative of the aforementioned
disciplines. Though scholarly in its scope, the series also seeks to facilitate
discussions pertaining to central religious issues in contemporary contexts.
The series will publish monographs and collected essays of a high scholarly
standard.