Scriptures and the Guidance of Language: Evaluating a Religious Authority in Communicative Action
Author:   Steven G. Smith
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108473217


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   18 October 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Scriptures and the Guidance of Language: Evaluating a Religious Authority in Communicative Action


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Author:   Steven G. Smith
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781108473217


ISBN 10:   1108473210
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   18 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Problematics of Communicative Action: Introduction: on the powers and problematics of language; 1. The guidance problematic; 2. The speaking problematic; 3. The writing problematic; 4. The religious language problematic; Part II. Problematics of Scripture: 5. What is scripture?; 6. Evaluating the scripture premise; 7. The scripturalist; 8. Multiscripturalism; Concluding thoughts on the necessity of guidance and ideal scripturalism.

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Steven G. Smith is a professor of philosophy and religious studies at Millsaps College, Mississippi and the author of numerous works in philosophy of religion and related fields, including The Concept of the Spiritual (1988), Gender Thinking (1992), Worth Doing (2004), Appeal and Attitude (2005), Full History (2016), and Centering and Extending (2017).

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