The Christian, the political and the academic

The object is to compare the language of Christianity with the language of the politician and the academic, taking into account the logic of the religious, the political and the academic roles. These roles have different kinds of freedom and constraint attached to them, with the political role the m...

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Main Author: Martin, David 1929-2019 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2004
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2004, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 341-356
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christian / Religious language / Political language / Academic
B Religious language / Secularization
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:The object is to compare the language of Christianity with the language of the politician and the academic, taking into account the logic of the religious, the political and the academic roles. These roles have different kinds of freedom and constraint attached to them, with the political role the most constrained and the academic role (along with the role of media commentator) the least. Christian language is considered both as fused with the ideological structures of power, in state and church, and as partly disentangled from power by secularization. A contrast is drawn throughout between the universal moral space of Enlightenment and the particular moral exigencies of specific types of role.
ISSN:1069-4404
Contains:In: Sociology of religion