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What difference does it make how we understand concepts such as transcendence and being?

March 4, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

Ways to understand divine transcendence and being

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Human Concepts of Time

March 3, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

How human bodies and our environment shape how we understand the nature of time.

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How the Human Mind Thinks of God: A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Anthropomorphic God Concepts

March 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

How embodiment and culture shape the way we think of God.

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Bibliography of biblical and theological works using cognitive linguistics

March 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

Works applying cognitive linguistics to Bible and theology.

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Some Helpful Works on Cognitive Linguistics

March 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

Recommended readings on cognitive linguistics.

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Theological Muscle-Flexing: How Human Embodiment Shapes Discourse About God

March 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

Explains some basics of cognitive linguistics and focuses on conceptual metaphor theory to show the mental tools humans employ to think about God.

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Conceptual Metaphor Theory and the Mormon Understanding of God

January 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Cognitive Linguistics /by John Sanders

The debate over literal versus metaphorical biblical texts in evangelicalism and Mormonism. Suggests that conceptual metaphor theory is a superior way of dealing with biblical metaphors for God than the way Mormons and many evangelicals do.

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  • Embracing ProdigalsJanuary 6, 2022 - 8:04 pm
  • Theology in the FleshMay 20, 2016 - 1:29 am
  • The God Who Risks: A Theology of Divine ProvidenceThe God Who Risks: A Theology of Divine ProvidenceMarch 14, 2016 - 7:35 pm
  • No Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the UnevangelizedNo Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the UnevangelizedMarch 13, 2016 - 7:29 pm
  • What About Those Who Have Never Heard?What About Those Who Have Never Heard?March 12, 2016 - 5:25 pm

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