according to modern religious studies, religions are rooted in certain metaphorical representations, so they are metaphorical in nature. this article aims to show, first, how conceptual metaphors employ image schemas to make our language meaningful, and then to assert that image-schematic structure of religious expressions, by which religious metaphors conceptualize abstract meanings, is the ba...

According to modern religious studies, religions are rooted in certain metaphorical representations, so they are metaphorical in nature. This article aims to show, first, how conceptual metaphors employ image schemas to make our language meaningful, and then to assert that image-schematic structure of religious expressions, by which religious metaphors conceptualize abstract meanings, is the ba...

analysis of the meaningfulness of the language of religion is one of the most important issues concerning the language of religion. despite the multiplicity and variety of viewpoints common in this field, the prevailing common ground in these viewpoints is the implicit acceptance of the positivistic standards of the meaningfulness of language. the existence of basic criticisms to these standard...

the meaningfulness of religion’s language is taking part in a form of life. without it, words, language and religious beliefs have no meaning at all. perceiving a religious belief and judge about it only in light of a form of life becomes possible. form of life as kai nielsen in his famous article “wittgensteinian fideism” (1967) explains, if viewed as a whole, could not be objected, because ea...

My purpose in this essay is to explore religious experience and religious thought and the relation between the two, for how these two are conceived has an important bearing on how we understand the meaningfulness of religion and religious traditions. My starting point is Peter Berger's recent work. The Heretical Imperative (Anchor/Doubleday, 1980), in which he summarizes the various strategies ...