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Faiths in Their Pronouns
Kenneth Cragg
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Description for Faiths in Their Pronouns
Paperback. The aim of this work is to search the liability for pronouns as religions use them, and to discuss the doctrines and the institutions that enshrine "we" and "us" and "ours" in the "why" and "how". Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: CFK; CJBG; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
The pronoun is the very mother tongue of thought. Family and race, nation and society, the clamant us and ours of collectives, resolve into I and singular You, the transacting pronouns of all human discourse. Pro-nouns are well styled, for they function on behalf of rights, claims, dignities and demands. Acquisitive and discursive, they transact the business of existence. It follows that pronouns are the essence of religion: their usages dictate the liability of religious faith. Their handling is a sure clue to the idiom of creed or ritual. If the web is society, then the speaking faiths of pronouns ... Read more
The pronoun is the very mother tongue of thought. Family and race, nation and society, the clamant us and ours of collectives, resolve into I and singular You, the transacting pronouns of all human discourse. Pro-nouns are well styled, for they function on behalf of rights, claims, dignities and demands. Acquisitive and discursive, they transact the business of existence. It follows that pronouns are the essence of religion: their usages dictate the liability of religious faith. Their handling is a sure clue to the idiom of creed or ritual. If the web is society, then the speaking faiths of pronouns ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903900161
SKU
V9781903900161
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About Kenneth Cragg
Kenneth Cragg was first in Jerusalem in 1939, and subsequently became deeply involved in areas of faith between Semitic religions under the stress of current politics. He later pursued doctoral studies in Oxford where he first graduated and became Prizeman' in Theology and Moral Philosophy, and where he is now an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College. He was a Bishop ... Read more
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