Semantics and the sacred

This article looks at four different scholarly perspectives on ‘sacred’ - the ineffable sacred, the experienced sacred, the polarized sacred and the contextualized sacred - in order to draw out their implicit presuppositions about meaning. The first two stances presuppose that meaning depends on wha...

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Authors: Engler, Steven 1962- (Author) ; Gardiner, Mark Q. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
In: Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 616-640
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The Sacred / Meaning / Semantics / Religious philosophy
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Further subjects:B semantic theory
B semantic holism
B Philosophy of religion
B Sacred
B Meaning
B study of religion
Online Access: Volltext (doi)