Concepts of Conversion: the Politics of Missionary Scriptural Translations
The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Du...
| Summary: | The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the form Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Fundamental Importance of Language and Translation; I. Theology and Politics of Missionary Linguistics; II. Conversion in Language and Semiotic Ideologies; III. Sociocultural and Political Ideologies; IV. The Politics of Translating Christian Moral Philosophy; V. Moral Philosophy of Translated Christology; Conceptualization of missionary linguistic scriptural translations; Bibliography; Index |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 3110497921 |