Religious language in the 'secular' mainstream - with guest Valerie Hobbs
Update: 2021-01-15
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In this episode, Helen and Matthew talk with Dr. Valerie Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Sheffield. We talk about the way that religious language pervades and influences mainstream political discourse. Valerie's book, An Introduction to Religious Language, was released on 14th January, 2021.
Listeners may also be interested to read this blog post which Helen and Valerie co-wrote about the use of religious apocalytic language by QAnon.
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