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  • Religious Talk Online

    The Evangelical Discourse of Muslims, Christians, and Atheists

    by Stephen Pihlaja ...
    In the online world, people argue about anything and everything - religion is no exception. Stephen Pihlaja investigates how several prominent social media figures present views about religion in an environment where their positions are challenged. The analysis shows how conflict creates a space for users to share, explain, and develop their opinions and beliefs, by making appeals to both a core ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Narrative and Religion in the Superdiverse City

    by Stephen Pihlaja ...
    Series series Elements in Applied Linguistics
    This Element focuses on how narrative is used to construct religious identity in superdiverse contexts, considering specifically how people talk about their own religious identity, and the religious identity of others. Drawing on interviews with twenty-five participants, and numerous site visits throughout the city of Birmingham (UK), the analysis focuses on how self and other positioning is used ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Talk about Faith

    How Debate and Conversation Shape Belief

    by Stephen Pihlaja ...
    How do people of faith use language to position themselves, and their beliefs and practices, in the contemporary world? This pioneering and original study looks closely at how Christians and Muslims talk to people inside and outside of their own communities about what they think are the right things to believe and do. From debates, to podcasts and YouTube videos, the book covers a range of ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Researching Stylistics

    A Student Guide

    by Furzeen Ahmed, Marcello Giovanelli, Caroline Godfrey, Chloe Harrison, Robbie Love, Megan Mansworth, Stephen Pihlaja, Ella Wydrzynska ...
    Researching Stylistics: A Student Guide explores key topics in literary and non-literary stylistics, examining the multiple ways in which students can undertake research in this discipline. Inherently practical and reader-friendly in focus, the book not only acts as a guide to key elements of the research process but also provides a useful overview of core knowledge and successful research ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Analysing Religious Discourse

    Edited by Stephen Pihlaja ...
    Language plays a key role in religion, framing how people describe spiritual experience and giving structure to religious beliefs and practices. Bringing together work from a team of world-renowned scholars, this volume introduces contemporary research on religious discourse from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. It introduces methods for analysis of a range of different ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Antagonism on YouTube

    Metaphor in Online Discourse

    by Dr Stephen Pihlaja ...
    This book focuses on the ways in which metaphor contributes to the development of Internet arguments, known as 'drama', particularly on YouTube. Although a growing body of research into YouTube interaction has developed descriptions of user experience on the site, empirical studies of the YouTube video page and discourse analysis of user interaction are rare. This research specifically focuses on ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion

    Edited by Stephen Pihlaja, Helen Ringrow ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion is the first ever comprehensive collection of research on religion and language, with over 35 authors from 15 countries, presenting a range of linguistic and discourse analytic research on religion and belief in different discourse contexts.The contributions show the importance of studying language and religion and for bringing together work in this ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Cognitive Linguistics and Religious Language

    An Introduction

    by Peter Richardson, Charles M. Mueller, Stephen Pihlaja ...
    This book comprehensively introduces Cognitive Linguistics and applies its tools to religious language. Drawing on authentic samples from a range of faiths, text types, and modes of interactive discourse, the authors accessibly define concepts like embodied cognition, agency, metaphor analysis, and Dynamic Systems Theory; illustrate how they can be used in analyzing religious language; and offer ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

    Edited by Stephen Pihlaja ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies
    The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies provides a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies. The book takes a three-pronged approach to examine what constitutes the phenomenon of the English language; why and in what contexts it is an important subject to study; and what the chief methodologies are that are used to study it. In 30 chapters written by leading scholars from ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Media Stylistics

    Edited by Dr Helen Ringrow, Dr Stephen Pihlaja ...
    Series series Contemporary Studies in Linguistics
    Media discourse is changing at an unprecedented rate. This book presents the most recent stylistic frameworks exploring different and changed forms of media. The volume collates recent and emerging research in the expanding field of media stylistics, featuring a variety of methods, multimodal source material, and a broad range of topics. From Twitter and Zooniverse to Twilight and Mommy Blogs, the ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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  • Philosophies of Islamic Education

    Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses

    Edited by Mujadad Zaman, Nadeem Memon ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
    The study of Islamic education has hitherto remained a tangential inquiry in the broader focus of Islamic Studies. In the wake of this neglect, a renaissance of sorts has occurred in recent years, reconfiguring the importance of Islam’s attitudes to knowledge, learning and education as paramount in the study and appreciation of Islamic civilization. Philosophies of Islamic Education, stands in ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies

    Edited by Robert A. Orsi ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
    The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies is both informative and provocative, introducing readers to key debates in the contemporary study of religion and suggesting future research possibilities. A group of distinguished scholars takes up some of the most pressing theoretical questions in the field. What is a 'religious tradition'? How are religious texts read? What takes place when a ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD