The Sociology of Language and Religion

1. Introduction: Change, Accommodation and Conflict
Tope Omoniyi

2. Jewish Religious Multilingualism
Bernard Spolsky

3. Mauritian Muslims: Negotiating Changing Identities through Language
Aaliya Rajah-Carrim

4. Arabic and Sociocultural Change among the Yoruba
Oladipo Salami

5. Authenticating a Tradition in Transition: Language of Hinduism in the US
Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande

6. Blorít — Pagans’ Mohawk or Sabras’ Forelock? Ideological Secularization of Hebrew Terms in Socialist Zionist Israeli
Azzan Yadin, Ghil’ad Zuckermann

7. Society, Language, History and Religion: a Perspective on Bangla from Linguistic Anthropology
James M. Wilce

8. Metaphors of Change: Adolescent Singaporeans Switching Religion
Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew

9. African American Vernacular English, Religion and Ethnicity
Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu

10. Holy Hip-Hop, Language and Social Change
Tope Omoniyi

Keywords: Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Sociology of Culture, Anthropology, Religious Studies, general, Cultural Anthropology, Social Aspects of Religion