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Band 16:: Mananzan, Mary-John: The "Language game" of confessing one's belief. A Wittgensteinian-Augustinian approach to the linguistic analysis of creedal statements. X/176 S. - Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1974.
ISBN: 3-484-10199-7

Alternatives Medium:: E-Book (PDF). Berlin / New York: de Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-135253-4

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations		S. XI
Introduction		S. 1
Part One: The Linguistic Turn
I.	A Critical Survey of the Linguistic Analyses of Religious Language	S. 7
II.	Methodological Considerations	S. 40
Part Two: The Linguistic Analysis of Creedal Statements
III.	The Inner Dynamic of Creedal Statements	S. 59
IV.	The Linguistic Topography of Creedal Statements	S. 78
V.	The Question of “Meaning” and “Truth” Regarding Creedal Statements	S. 111
VI.	The “Form of Life” of Creedal Statements	S. 121

Conclusion		S. 150
Bibliography		S. 156
Appendix		S. 171

List of abbreviations			S. XI
Introduction			S. 1
Part One: The Linguistic Turn
I.	A Critical Survey of the Linguistic Analyses of Religious Language		S. 7
	Wittgenstein and Religious Language		S. 8
	The Logical-Positivistic Treatment of Religious Language		S. 10
	Non-Cognitive Treatment of Creedal Statements		S. 15
	The Cognitive Treatment of Creedal Statements		S. 22
	Functional-Situational Approach to Creedal Statements		S. 31
II.	Methodological Considerations		S. 40
	The Wittgensteinian Approach to Linguistic Analysis		S. 40
	Wittgensteinian Approach to Religious Belief		S. 48
J.		L. Austin and the Analysis of Statements	S. 50
	The Adoption of Wittgensteinian and Austinian Methodology in this Thesis		S. 56
Part Two: The Linguistic Analysis of Creedal Statements
III.	The Inner Dynamic of Creedal Statements		S. 59
	Creedal Statements in the Context of the Christian Life		S. 59
	The Creeds in Christian Tradition		S. 63
	The Varying Forces of Creedal Statements		S. 73
	Digression B: Dogmatic Statements as Creedal Statements		S. 76
IV.	The Linguistic Topography of Creedal Statements		S. 78
	Creedal Statements Linked with Everyday Language		S. 78
	Creedal Statements Compared with Non-Religious Uses of Language		S. 85
	Creedal Statements within Religious Discourse		S. 101
V.	The Question of “Meaning” and “Truth” Regarding Creedal Statements		S. 111
	The Different Uses of “Meaning”		S. 112
	The Informative Potentiality of Creedal Statements		S. 114
	The Reference Aspect of Creedal Statements		S. 115
	The Truth Aspect of Creedal Statements		S. 121
VI.	The “Form of Life” of Creedal Statements		S. 121
	The Primary Presuppositions of the Christian Way of Life		S. 130
	Factors that Condition Creedal Statements		S. 132
	The Internal Justification of Creedal Statements		S. 139
	The Significance of the Christian Religious Discourse		S. 143

Conclusion			S. 150
Bibliography			S. 156
Appendix			S. 171

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