Certainty-uncertainty :: And the attitudinal space in between /

Religious belief is an emotional attitude that is not based on a "certain" experience. Adolescence is a very uncertain stage of life and an unstable faith can mirror this turbulence. The aim of this work is to investigate the discursive construction of religious experience in late adolesce...

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Körperschaft: Communication of Certainty and Uncertainty : Linguistic, Psychological, Philosophical Aspects (Conference) Università di Macerata)
Weitere Verfasser: Cantarini, Sibilla (HerausgeberIn), Abraham, Werner (HerausgeberIn), Leiss, Elisabeth (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Studies in language companion series ; 165.
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Zusammenfassung:Religious belief is an emotional attitude that is not based on a "certain" experience. Adolescence is a very uncertain stage of life and an unstable faith can mirror this turbulence. The aim of this work is to investigate the discursive construction of religious experience in late adolescence. We asked 230 university students to write about their religious views. Their texts were analyzed using content analysis and critical discourse analysis. We divided the responses into four groups: believers, atheists, doubters and agnostics. The different rhetorical strategies arising from the contrast be.
Beschreibung:"The papers collated in this volume were all presented at the international conference entitled The Communication of Certainty and Uncertainty : Linguistic, Psychological and Philosophical Aspects held at the University of Macerata from 3 to 5 October 2012."
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269140
9027269149

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