Believing in Speech: A Response to James Day's Application of Narrative to the Psychology of Religion

Day's article Speaking of Belief: Language, Performance, and Narrative in the Psychology of Religion is critically analyzed as reducing religious belief to performative speech. This approach severely constricts an understanding of belief as a dimension of a persons inner world. The use and vali...

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Main Author: Murken, Sebastian 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [1993]
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 237-240
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Day's article Speaking of Belief: Language, Performance, and Narrative in the Psychology of Religion is critically analyzed as reducing religious belief to performative speech. This approach severely constricts an understanding of belief as a dimension of a persons inner world. The use and validity of the concept of story is questioned and the relation of Day's approach to several other current theories is suggested.
ISSN:1532-7582
Reference:Kritik von "Speaking of Belief (1993)"
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0304_3