Understanding Liberals and Conservatives

Understanding Liberals and Conservatives

It is helpful to teach students of religion and theology that it's not just the teachings and practices of a religion that are important, but the way in which these beliefs and practices are handled that's critical, whether in a liberal or a conservative way. Recent work in Cognitive Lingu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dialog : a journal of theology 2014-03, Vol.53 (1), p.69-78
1. Verfasser: Benson, John E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
absolutism
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Linguistics
George Lakoff
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Liberalism
Linguistics
metaphor
Religion
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Zusammenfassung:It is helpful to teach students of religion and theology that it's not just the teachings and practices of a religion that are important, but the way in which these beliefs and practices are handled that's critical, whether in a liberal or a conservative way. Recent work in Cognitive Linguistics has helped pastors and religion teachers introduce this other dimension of their subject in new ways.
ISSN:0012-2033
1540-6385
DOI:10.1111/dial.12090