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SUMMARY:International Conference on “Metaphors of Religion: Comparative 
 Perspectives\, Theoretical Potential\, and Methodic Innovation”
DTSTART:20251027T080000Z
DTEND:20251029T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The Collaborative Research Center 1475 (CRC 1475) at Ruhr Univ
 ersity Bochum is pleased to announce the International Conference on “Me
 taphors of Religion: Comparative Perspectives\, Theoretical Potential\, an
 d Methodic Innovation”\, to be held October 27th–29th\, 2025 at the Un
 iversity's Convention Centre.\n\nThis interdisciplinary conference will ex
 plore the critical role of metaphors in shaping religious meaning across t
 raditions\, texts\, and contexts. With contributions from diverse discipli
 nes\, the event aims to foster innovative discussions on how metaphors fun
 ction as foundational elements in religious language.\n\nKeynote Speakers\
 n\n\n	Eve Sweetser (University of California\, Berkeley)\n	Gerard Steen (U
 niversity of Amsterdam)\n\n\nKey Topics and Questions\n\n\n	Religious Meta
 phor and Meaning-Making: What role do metaphors play in the emergence of r
 eligious language? How is metaphor connected to notions such as ‘holy la
 nguages?’\n	Comparative Metaphor Studies: How do different religious tra
 ditions (e.g.\, Buddhism\, Christianity\, Daoism\, Islam\, Zoroastrianism)
  utilize similar or divergent metaphors to address themes of salvation\, c
 onduct of life\, or imaginaries of the divine? For example\, to what exten
 t do we find metaphors of Light\, Way\, or the Human Body across different
  traditions?\n	Cognitive (and) Linguistic Approaches to Religious Metaphor
 : How do cognitive linguistic theories of metaphor (e.g.\, mapping and ble
 nding theories) illuminate the unique challenges of religious language?\n	
 Historical and Cultural Shifts in Religious Metaphors: What historical and
 \, in particular\, interreligious factors shape the development and transf
 ormation of specific religious metaphors? How do metaphors adapt or reconf
 igure in response to cross-cultural encounters?\n	Digital and Computationa
 l Approaches to Metaphor Analysis: Which new methods can be employed to an
 alyze religious metaphors at scale\, particularly across languages and cul
 tures? How can digital humanities tools enhance our understanding of metap
 hor in religious contexts?\n	Materiality and Visuality in Metaphors: How d
 o metaphors extend beyond language to religious artifacts\, images\, and o
 ther media? What are the methodological challenges in analyzing metaphors 
 in non-verbal religious contexts?\n\n\nDownload the conference program her
 e.
LOCATION:RUB Convention Centre
URL:https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/veranstaltung/conference-on-meta
 phors-of-religion-10-2025/
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