1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. PART 1: Effects of religion on language
5. 2. A decalogue of basic theoretical perspectives for a sociology of language and religion 13
6. 3. Language and world order in Bahá’í perspective 26
7. 4. Religion and traditional beliefs in West African English 42
8. 5. Eastern-Christian tradition and the Georgian language 60
9. 6. Alcoholism and authority 68
10. 7. The role of religion in the language choice and identity among Lithuanian immigrants in Scotland 79
11. 8. Religion, social history, and language maintenance 86
12. 9. Creating God in our own image 97
13. PART 2: The mutuality of language and religion
14. 10. Societal multilingualism and multifaithism 121
15. 11. Ideology, authority, and language choice 141
16. 12. The shifting role of languages in Lebanese Christian and Muslim identities 165
17. 13. Language and religion in Bethlehem 180
18. 14. The role of language in some ethnic churches in Melbourne 197
19. 15. Language use and religious practice 213
20. PART 3 : Effects of language on religion
21. 16. 'Ety myth ological othering' and the power of 'lexical engineering' in Judaism, Islam and Christianity 237
22. 17. Language, culture, science and the sacred 259
23. 18. Prayers as an integrative factor in Jewish religious discourse communities 278
24. 19. Maligned and misunderstood 291
25. PART 4: Language and religion on literacy
26. 20. The role of liturgical literacy in UK Muslim communities 309
27. 21. The Shamanic book 325
28. 22. Epilogue 338
29. Index 343