Language and Religious Identity

This is a global collection relating applied linguistic research to the complexities of gender and religion.

In a search for a deeper understanding of the complex relationship of gender and language alongside religious identity, this book puts forward current studies from around the world emerging from the field of linguistics. The book connects language use to both a religious and gender identity. By pulling together the lived experiences of people in various communities, the linguistic field can reflect on how language works to unite, oppress, liberate or fracture the various participants.

ALLYSON JULE is Associate Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute at Trinity Western University, Canada. She is the author of Participation and Silence in the Language Classroom and editor of Gender and the Language Religion and Being Feminist, Being Christian.

Preface–J.Sunderland * Introduction–A.Jule * Testimonies and the Expansion of Women’s Role in a Transnational Mexican Parish–E.P.Sharp * The Interplay of Language, Religion, Ethnicity and Gender: A Case Study of Hispanic Churches in Lancaster, Pennsylvania–N.R.Nieves & R.D.Rosati * Gender Constructions and Biblical Exegesis: Lessons from a Divinity School Seminar–T.Warhol * ‘Do Unto Others’: Gender and the Construction of a ‘Good Christian’ Identity in an E-community–S.Lambert-Graham * From Bridegroom of the Soul to Brand-as-Friend: Metaphorical Relationships in Religious and Marketing Discourses–V.Koller * Being Male and Female in Nigerian Evangelicalism – and Saying Thank You–A.Mustapha * The Role of Language in the Construction of Gender and Ethnic-Religious Identities in Brazilian-Candomble Communities–L.Á.López & C.Edfeldt * Gender and Language Use in the Lisu Traditional Religion–D.Yu * Calm and Humble in and through Christianity: A Chinese Immigrant Couple in Toronto–H.Han * Matka Polka (Mother Poland) and the Cult of the Virgin Mary: Linguistic Analysis of Social Roles and Expectations of Polish Women–B.Tieszen * Indexes