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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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De Gruyter
2018
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Open theology
Ano: 2018, Volume: 4, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-14 |
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Cognitive Linguistics
B Evolução B Fauconnier and Turner B Sarah Coakley B Sacrifice B Jonathan Klawans B Metaphor |
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| Resumo: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2300-6579 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Open theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/opth-2018-0001 |