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- Title
Language, ethnicity and religion: a complex and persistent linkage.
- Authors
SAFRAN, WILLIAM
- Abstract
Among the markers of ethnonational identity, language and religion have figured with equal prominence. In many cases, religion has been the bedrock of nation-building; and even today, it is difficult to separate a number of national identities from their religious matrices. Religious identity is based on, and perpetuated in, narratives expressed in a specific language. Language and religion are related; in our secular age, however, that relationship is no longer consistent. The two may feed upon one another; language may substitute for religion; or religion may trump language. This article explores the varying relationships between language and religion.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE &; religion; ETHNICITY -- Religious aspects; LANGUAGE &; culture; RELIGION &; sociology; ANTHROPOLOGY of religion; NATIONAL character
- Publication
Nations & Nationalism, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 1, p171
- ISSN
1354-5078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8129.2008.00323.x