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4 - Inspiration, Authority, and Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2021

Stephen Pihlaja
Stephen Pihlaja
Affiliation:
Newman University
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This chapter focuses on how authority is claimed by individuals in religious traditions and the role of sacred texts as the 'word of God' in both Christianity and Islam. How individuals take on that authority for themselves, using scared texts in their discourse is analysed, with a discussion of how people of different faiths discuss the differences in their sacred texts, and how they establish authority when cultural norms change.

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religionsocial mediadiscourseChristianityIslamdebatedialogue
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Talk about Faith
How Debate and Conversation Shape Belief
 , pp. 89 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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