Language and Religious Identity: Women in Discourse

This collection of studies from around the world connects applied linguistic research with the complexities of gender and religion. The contributors examine the various ways that women use language in religious situations to create their own religious identities; they also explore how language itself is used to position women in particular roles. These studies from the USA, Nigeria, Brazil, Thailand, Canada, the UK and Poland shed light on a variety of engagements, including on-line churches, small church communities, immigrant group identities, theological conversations, and as represented in the media. Readers in applied linguistics, anthropology, or religious studies who are interested in language and its power in creating lived experience will find this book full of intriguing and illuminating connections.