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008			110715s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
010			_a2010-028675
020			_a9780521792233 (hbk.) _cRM304.33
020			_a0521792231 (hbk.)
039		9	_a201207131426 _bzabidah _c201206271213 _didah _c201107151655 _didah _y07-15-2011 _zidah
040			_aDLC _dUKM
090			_aP37.D694
090			_aP37 _b.D694
100	1		_aDownes, William.
245	1	0	_aLanguage and religion : _ba journey into the human mind / _cWilliam Downes.
260			_aCambridge, UK. : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_aviii, 280 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a'Language and Religion offers an innovative theory of religion as a class of cultural representations, dependent on language to unify diverse capacities of the human mind. It argues that religion is widespread because it is implicit in the way the mind processes the world, as it determines what we ought to do, practically and morally, to achieve our goals. Focusing on the world religions, the book relates modern cognitive theories of language and communication to culture and its dissemination. It explains basic features of religion such as the supernatural, the normative, abstract and ideal theological concepts such as'God', and religious feeling. It develops a linguistic theory, based on how utterances are understood, of metaphysical and moral'mysteries' and their key role in thought and action. It shows how such concepts gain strength in the light of their successful use, and when tempered by criticism, can also have genuine authority'-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPsycholinguistics.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aLanguage and culture. _960246
650		0	_aThought and thinking.
907			_a.b1509814x _b2021-05-28 _c2019-11-12
942			_c01 _n0 _kP37.D694
914			_avtls003472489
990			_aza
991			_aFakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
998			_at _b2011-02-07 _cm _da _feng _genk _y0 _z.b1509814x
999			_c494187 _d494187