The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion (Paperback, 1)

Foreword

1. Language and Religion

Part One - Religious & Sacred Language

2. The Learning of Sacred languages
   Sacred Languages and Power
3. Digital Media and the Sacred
4. Metaphors and Gestures in Prayers in Islam
5. Arabic Language and Representations of the Ethnic Other
6. Secular Functions of Religious Expressions
7. Symbols and Icons in Buddhist Worship
8. Religious Language in Literature
9. Language, Religion, and the Digital World 

Part Two - Institutional Discourse

10. Variation of Language in Religious Texts
11. Religion, Literature, and the Secondary Classroom 
12. Religious Greeting Messages as a Genre of Institutional Communication
13. News Media Representations of Religion
14. Pandemic Sermon Rhetoric and Evangelism
15. Language Policies and Religious Practice
16. Politeness in Religious Discourse
17. Religion in the Discourse of Abortion
18. Religious Oratory and Language Online
19. Catholicism and Social Media

Part Three - Religious Identity & Community

20. Religion, Identity, and Second Language
21. Selling English in an Islamic Society
22. Narratives and Religious Identity
23. Jewish Languages and American Jewishness
24. Multilanguaging in Interreligious Encounters
25. Ritual Language, Ritual Community
26. Religious Identity in Discourse
27. Conversion Narratives
28. Cognitive Metaphor and Religion
29. Religious Ritual and Language in the Local Community

Index