By tracing these metaphors, Stünkel shows how theology was not only written but fought over through words.

📖 Read more: https://omp.ub.rub.de/index.php/metaphorpapers/catalog/book/281

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On Aggressive and Self-Aggressive Metaphors in Religious Language: The Cases of Martin Luther and Nicholas Cusanus | Metaphor Papers

These metaphors aren’t just decorative. They…
⚔️ express conflict
🪞 provoke self-reflection
✨ transform theological arguments

Language itself becomes a battlefield where belief, doubt, and doctrine collide.

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🔥 When words become weapons
How can a metaphor cut, challenge, or even reshape faith?
Knut Martin Stünkel explores in his #MetaphorPaper aggressive & self-aggressive metaphors in the works of Martin Luther and Nicholas of Cusa.

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Reinhold F. Glei zeigt in seinem Metaphor Paper "Die Wege der Sprache", wie hier Sprachreflexion zwischen Wissenschaft & Witz oszilliert – und bis heute fasziniert.

🔗 Zum Artikel: https://omp.ub.rub.de/index.php/metaphorpapers/catalog/book/280

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Die Wege der Sprache: Metaphernanalyse bei Virgilius Maro | Metaphor Papers

Dive deeper into this groundbreaking framework and rethink how religion speaks. Metaphor Papers article:
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Metaphors of Religion: A Conceptual Framework | Metaphor Papers

🌌 How does religion speak the unspeakable?
Through metaphors.
Krech, Karis & Elwert explore this in Metaphor Papers article, introducing a framework for understanding faith as a metaphor-driven way of meaning-making.

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Our collaborative research center @sfb1475 just launched its working paper series, #MetaphorPapers. It’s No. 1, “Metaphors of Religion: A Conceptual Framework” is a slightly reworked version of the content-related part of the grant application. I’m happy to see it out there, for more eyes to see than just the reviewers’. #Metaphor #Religion #SFB1475 https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.282
Metaphors of Religion: A Conceptual Framework | Metaphor Papers