Discourses of Religion

Discourses of religion are forms of social interaction in which a connection to religion is foregrounded. This can be because the setting or particular features of the social interaction has a distinctively religious character. Four types of religious discourse are considered here: rituals, religious styles of speaking, religious language outside religious settings, and religion‐linked public controversy. All types of religious discourse have the function of doing religious identity work, while it is also possible for social interaction itself to be sustained by religious membership.