The Religious Language of Nicholas of Cusa. James E. Biechler

Every discipline which deals with the land question in Canaan-Palestine-Israel is afflicted by the problem of specialisation. The political scientist and historian usually discuss the issue of land in Israel purely in terms of interethnic and international relations, biblical scholars concentrate on the historical and archaeological question with virtually no reference to ethics, and scholars of human rights usually evade the question of God. What follows is an attempt, through theology and political history, to understand the history of the Israel-Palestine land question in a way which respects the complexity of the question. From a scrutiny of the language used in the Bible to the development of political Zionism from the late 19th century it is possible to see the way in which a secular movement mobilised the figurative language of religion into a literal ‘title deed’ to the land of Palestine signed by God.

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The Politics of Evangelical Identity

10.23943/princeton/9780691161303.001.0001 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Lydia Bean

Keyword(s):

Republican Party ◽

Religious Practice ◽

Religious Language ◽

Evangelical Christianity ◽

Conservative Politics ◽

Evangelical Churches ◽

Political Conservatism ◽

Evangelical Identity ◽

Moral Attitudes ◽

The U.S

It is now a common refrain among liberals that Christian Right pastors and television pundits have hijacked evangelical Christianity for partisan gain. This book challenges this notion, arguing that the hijacking metaphor paints a fundamentally distorted picture of how evangelical churches have become politicized. The book reveals how the powerful coalition between evangelicals and the Republican Party is not merely a creation of political elites who have framed conservative issues in religious language, but is anchored in the lives of local congregations. Drawing on research at evangelical churches near the U.S. border with Canada, this book compares how American and Canadian evangelicals talk about politics in congregational settings. While Canadian evangelicals share the same theology and conservative moral attitudes as their American counterparts, their politics are quite different. On the U.S. side of the border, political conservatism is woven into the very fabric of everyday religious practice. The book shows how subtle partisan cues emerge in small group interactions as members define how “we Christians” should relate to others in the broader civic arena, while liberals are cast in the role of adversaries. It explains how the most explicit partisan cues come not from clergy but rather from lay opinion leaders who help their less politically engaged peers to link evangelical identity to conservative politics. This book demonstrates how deep the ties remain between political conservatism and evangelical Christianity in America.

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Leonardo's Vitruvian Man , Renaissance Humanism, and Nicholas of Cusa

Umní / Art ◽

10.2478/v10008-007-0004-2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol LV (2) ◽

pp. 102-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martin Germ

Keyword(s):

Nicholas Of Cusa ◽

Renaissance Humanism ◽

Vitruvian Man

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CHARACTERIZATION OF RELIGIOUS STYLE AS A FUNCTIONAL STYLE IN LINGUISTICS

International journal of word art ◽

10.26739/2181-9297-2020-1-33 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 236-242

Author(s):

Barnokhon Kushakova ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Life ◽

Religious Language ◽

Religious Texts ◽

World Outlook ◽

The People ◽

The Social ◽

Functional Features ◽

The Creation

This article discusses the conditions, reasons and factors of characterization of religious style as a functional style in the field of linguistics. In addition, religious style and its main peculiarities, its importance in the social life, and the functional features of religious style are highlighted in the article. As a result of our investigation, the following results were obtained: a) the increase in the need for the creation and significance of religious language, particularly religious texts has been scientifically proved; b) the possibility of religious texts to represent the thoughts of the people, culture and world outlook has been verified; c) the specificity of religious language, religious texts has been revealed; d) the development of religious style as a functional style has been grounded.

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