Faiths in Their Pronouns: Websites of Identity

by Kenneth Cragg and Cragg

Book Overview

The pronoun is the very mother tongue of thought. Family and race, nation and society, the clamant us and ours of collectives, resolve into I and singular You, the transacting pronouns of all human discourse. Pro-nouns are well styled, for they function on behalf of rights, claims, dignities and demands. Acquisitive and discursive, they transact the business of existence. It follows that pronouns are the essence of religion: their usages dictate the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903900166
• ISBN13: 9781903900161
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"