Has God Gone Global? Religion, Language, and Globalization

The Handbook of Language and Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 323-345

  Mooney, Annabelle ^a  

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Author keywords

Agenda of understanding and translation an agenda for linguistics; Demographic religious influence flowing from the South; Has God Gone Global religion, language and globalization; Hybridity, evident in dual spread of language and religion; Influence of the Global South; Multi modality, visual semiotics and work in computer mediated communication linguistics in exploring nuances of religion; Primates of the Global South condemnation of liberalization of the Anglican church; Separating the sacred from the secular a difficult task; Study of religion within context of language and globalization multi faceted tasks

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EID: 84879573694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324068.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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