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SFB 1475 "Metaphors of Religion"
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Der SFB 1475 wird verlängert. Auch in den nächsten Jahren widmen sich die beteiligten Forschenden der Frage, wie Metaphern Religion prägen und strukturieren.
Glückwunsch auch an alle anderen neu eingerichteten und verlängerten SFBs und TRRs zur positiven Förderentscheidung.
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It is a fundamental structure for understanding human existence and its orientation toward meaning and transcendence.
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What begins as a simple spatial experience, i.e. moving along a path, emerges as a powerful framework for expressing moral and religious meaning.
Together, the contributions show: the WAY is more than a metaphor.
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The WAY as Metaphor for Conduct of Life
In this special issue of Metaphor Papers, introduced by Kianoosh Rezania and Neda Mohtashami, the authors explore how the concept of the WAY structures religious understandings of life, ethics, and spiritual orientation across cultures.
The TRM draws on Conceptual Metaphor Theory, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Key concepts like domain, frame, and mental space reveal how metaphors link religion to other semantic fields shedding light on how religious meaning is formed.
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The Thesaurus of Religious Metaphors
Volkhard Krech & Dominika Motak introduce the TRM, an ontology-based tool developed within CRC 1475 "Metaphors of Religion". It integrates findings from metaphor annotation into a structured system enabling cross-traditional and historical comparison.
Drawn from everyday life, nature and mathematics, metaphors act as tools of thought rather than mere illustrations. They enable understanding, faith, and transcendence, making them essential, not optional.
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In this special issue of Metaphor Papers, introduced by Linda Simonis and Knut Martin Stünkel, the authors explore how Nicholas of Cusa uses metaphors to think beyond language and approach the divine.
human communication relies on them constantly.
By reading science fiction through the lens of religious studies, the paper shows: metaphors are not just stylistic devices, but fundamental tools for making sense of the transcendent.
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