Sacrifice, Metaphor, and Evolution: Towards a Cognitive Linguistic Theology of Sacrifice

This article lays the groundwork for articulating a Christian theology of sacrifice within the framework of cognitive linguistics. I demonstrate the affinity and potential for mutual enrichment between three disparate fields of discourse. Beginning with Jonathan Klawans’s methodological proposals fo...

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主要作者: Schlesinger, Eugene R. (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: De Gruyter 2018
In: Open theology
Year: 2018, 卷: 4, 发布: 1, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B Cognitive Linguistics
B Fauconnier and Turner
B Sarah Coakley
B 进化
B Sacrifice
B Jonathan Klawans
B Metaphor
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总结:This article lays the groundwork for articulating a Christian theology of sacrifice within the framework of cognitive linguistics. I demonstrate the affinity and potential for mutual enrichment between three disparate fields of discourse. Beginning with Jonathan Klawans’s methodological proposals for understanding sacrifice as a meaningful phenomenon for those who engage(d) in it, I suggest that the double-scope conceptual blending described by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner provides a helpful resource for Klawans to clarify his thought and answer objections to his proposals. Fauconnier and Turner’s account of double-scope blends is set within an evolutionary account of human development and is the condition of possibility for language, art, science, and religion. I then put Fauconnier and Turner into dialogue with Sarah Coakley’s recent attempts to locate sacrifice within the evolutionary spectrum, and suggest that they provide a more helpful theory of language than Chomsky’s purely formal account.
ISSN:2300-6579
Contains:Enthalten in: Open theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/opth-2018-0001