Religion in the Media: A Linguistic Analysis
This ground-breaking book takes an interdisciplinary approach to language, religion and media using an audience-response study. In this book, the author investigates how the three Abrahamic faiths - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - are represented in mai
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Salman Al-Azami
Religion in the Media: A Linguistic Analysis
Salman Al-Azami
Religion in the Media: A Linguistic Analysis
Salman Al-Azami Liverpool Hope University Liverpool, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-29972-7 ISBN 978-1-137-29973-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-29973-4
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To my beloved wife Shaheen— without her support and sacrifice, this book would have never come to light.
Preface
Religion plays an integral part in the lives of billions of people in the world. Although there are differences in beliefs and practices, a majority of the world’s population has a spiritual element and finds comfort, peace, and tranquillity through that. Religions have existed for many centuries and there has been violence in the name of religion throughout history. However, in the contemporary world, religions are under intense scrutiny due to conflicts that kill innocent civilians in the name of religion. Religious riots between Hindus and Muslims in India, Buddhists slaughtering Rohingya Muslims in Burma, and Muslims and Christians killing each other in different parts of Africa are examples of violence in the name of religion. Although the Middle East conflict is more political than religious, it is between Palestinian Muslims and Israeli Jews, and religion often plays a divisive role in the tensions between the two conflicting groups. The worst religious conflict since the turn of this century has been the rise of extremism, fanaticism, and mass murder by people who call themselves Muslims. From the terrible multip
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