Without Metaphor, No Saving God: Theology After Cognitive Linguistics

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-90-429-3019-3
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 347 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Studies in Philosophical Theol

Studies of conceptual and neural mapping in cognitive linguistics, while

posing a fundamental challenge for religious belief, also suggest new

ways of understanding how people conceptualize God and make theological

inferences. This book, inspired by that research and attentive to the

distinctive insights of Christian theology, elaborates an innovative

explanation of God-talk, better able to credibly address confusion and

controversies that trouble the church, academic theology, and broader

culture. The first part analyzes both cognitive linguistics’ challenge

to standard theological depictions of metaphorical, analogous, symbolic,

and literal language, and the discipline’s promise for providing a more

satisfactory account. The second half examines six case studies to

illustrate how clarifying the conceptual mapping in God-talk and

theological inferences provides a powerful tool for advancing religious

understanding. The illustrations include the hypothesis that religion is

an epiphenomenon of evolution, the so-called “new atheism,” Black

theology, and controversies between theologians and Church authorities.

This book has won the 2014 CTS Book Award.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Masson, R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik, Christologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition