Exploring the unknown: the language use of German RE-students writing texts about God

• Published in: British journal of religious education Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 20 - 36
• Main Author: Altmeyer, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Comparative Analysis; Computational Linguistics; corpus linguistics; everyday language; Foreign Countries; German; Germany; God; God-talk; Guidelines; Language; Language Usage; Learning Processes; Linguistic Competence; Linguistics; Religion; Religious Education; religious language; Secondary School Students; Traditions; Germany

Language does not only play an active part in all processes of comprehension, recognition and learning, it is also essential for specific religious learning processes. Religious experiences and traditions have their own characteristic linguistic forms, and religious education has come to realise the...