CRC 1475 “Metaphors of Religion”

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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WORKING PAPER SERIES

First Metaphor Papers published

The first contributions of the working paper series “Metaphor Papers” of the CRC 1475 have been published and are available online.

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Apply now: Short-Term fellowships for the CRC 1475

The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1475 “Metaphors of Religion” at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany, offers Short-Term Fellowships for International Master's Graduates and Ph.D. Candidates available between April and December 2024.

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PODCAST

Neue Folge des Interview-Podcasts DIE ÜBETRAGUNG veröffentlicht

In Episode 4 spricht Tatjana Scheffler über Computerlinguistik, Künstliche Intelligenz und Religion in Online-Foren.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

DGfS 2024 workshop “Computational approaches to metaphor and figurative language”

The Call for Papers for the DGfS workshop is open until 1 September 2023.

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