Medium or message ? : language and faith in ethnic churches

Author(s)

• Woods, Anya

Bibliographic Information

Medium or message ? : language and faith in ethnic churches

Anya Woods

（Linguistic diversity and language rights / series editor, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, 1）

Multilingual Matters, c2004

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Series title from cover

Series title on t.p.: Language diversity and language rights

Bibliography: p. 213-216

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781853597237

Description

What is the role of language in ethnic churches? This new and much needed account of the Australian experience examines the issues faced by sixteen congregations, together representing different periods of Australia’s migration history, as well as different languages, cultural backgrounds and Christian denominations. Drawing on the rich data provided by the study, the concept of “language–religion ideology” is developed to describe the nature of the relationship between language and religion which is exhibited by a denomination, with far-reaching implications for multilingual and multicultural societies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Series Editor’s Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1 Establishing the Context of the Study 2 Language–Religion Ideology in an Ethnic Church Context 3 Views from the Pulpit 4 Case Study 1: The Latvian Church 5 Case Study 2: The Indonesian Church 6 Some General Trends 7 Towards a New Framework Appendix: Summary Tables of Data Gathered from Interviews with Ministers References Index

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781853597367

Description

What is the role of language in ethnic churches? This new and much needed account of the Australian experience examines the issues faced by sixteen congregations, together representing different periods of Australia's migration history, as well as different languages, cultural backgrounds and Christian denominations. Drawing on the rich data provided by the study, the concept of "language-religion ideology" is developed to describe the nature of the relationship between language and religion which is exhibited by a denomination, with far-reaching implications for multilingual and multicultural societies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Series Editor's Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1 Establishing the Context of the Study 2 Language-Religion Ideology in an Ethnic Church Context 3 Views from the Pulpit 4 Case Study 1: The Latvian Church 5 Case Study 2: The Indonesian Church 6 Some General Trends 7 Towards a New Framework Appendix: Summary Tables of Data Gathered from Interviews with Ministers References Index

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Details

• NCID: BA67146028
• ISBN:
  • 1853597236
  • 1853597368
• LCCN: 2003024052
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Clevedon
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 219 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA67145193