CRC 1475 “Metaphors of Religion: Religious Meaning-Making in Language Use”

Religious meaning-making occurs in and through metaphors. In metaphors, meaning is transferred from one semantic domain to another. Religion, which cannot directly address its ultimate subject (the transcendent), is dependent on this procedure. The CRC seeks to more thoroughly understand this process theoretically and grasp it methodologically to research its semantic forms empirically and comparatively. The shapes religion takes as a socio-cultural phenomenon are thus better understood and central developments within specific religious traditions become more tangible. The CRC contributes to the historiography of religions, on the one hand, and to answering systematic questions in the comparative study of religions, on the other. > Read more

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Audiomitschnitte des Workshops „Dynamiken religiöser Metaphorik in der frühen Neuzeit“

Wie verändern sich religiöse Metaphern, wenn sich die kulturellen, politischen und sprachlichen Rahmenbedingungen wandeln? Mit dieser Leitfrage befasste sich der …

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METAPHOR TALKS in winter term 2025/26

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