THE USE AND EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE IN RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE: INVESTIGATION OF RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE
THE USE AND EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE IN RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE: INVESTIGATION OF RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE

Author : Cem ZAFER
Number of pages : 627-640

Abstract

It is possible to say that the language, sociological and cultural being, which is the main source of communication between people, is an important phenome-non as well as a close relationship with the religious structures evaluated wit-hin the spiritual elements of culture. Indeed, language as in any cultural ele-ment; Theological transmission is the main instrument in matters such as spea-king about the Creator and the created, filling in the rituals of religious practi-ces, examining and developing the sociological structure of religion. There is a unique and deep-rooted relationship between religion and language. To exp-ress God and the universe he created, a unique narrative method is needed. Language mediates the expression of the spiritual world in which the indivi-dual and society are located. The transfer of religious knowledge of the mem-bers of the same religion and worship takes place through the language. Redu-cing the relation of religion and language only to the transfer of religious in-formation will be an incomplete approach. At this point, the use of the langu-age of religion in the formation of religious structures, the formation of com-munities around the same language of religion and the use of religious langua-ge in the daily line, the large functional area surrounded by the language of re-ligion. However, due to the influence of religion on society, it is seen that it is widely used in political and commercial activities.

Keywords

: religious language; religion with language; language in religious structures; piety and language

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