RELIGIOUS STUDIES 313 - Religious Language

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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This course explores the nature and function of religious language. The key questions asked are: What is a "sacred" symbol, text, or discourse How is religious language different from everyday language or scientific language, if at all Does religious language enable us to be in touch with ultimate or divine reality, as it claims In order to answer these questions, this course examines some of the literature on philosophy of language, hermeneutics, and various philosophical and theological theories of religious symbols, texts, and discourses. Central to this examination is the question whether and in what sense religious language can be interpreted as embodying and conveying a surplus of meaning, given the presence of other conflicting interpretations (poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, postcolonial, etc.). (TBA , offered annually)

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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