The Sincerity and Sacredness of a Christian Speech-Act

The Sincerity and Sacredness of a Christian Speech-Act

The Sincerity and Sacredness of a Christian Speech-Act Hypocrisy is the negative expression of performatives. It’s a subtle form of speech-act. In the Bible, the Scribes and Pharisees were the expert performers of religion. But in Jesus’ strong polemical address to...
SPEECH ACT OF PROMISE

SPEECH ACT OF PROMISE

SPEECH ACT OF PROMISE A promise is an act of committing to do or not do something. It can manifest itself in different ways, depending on the context in which the speaker says it. The speech act of promising requires a binding of the speaker to fulfill a specific...
SPEECH ACT: SANCTIFYING THE SOURCE

SPEECH ACT: SANCTIFYING THE SOURCE

SPEECH ACT: SANCTIFYING THE SOURCE Speech-act theory is the belief that the words we utter not only convey information and verbal descriptions of our thoughts and desires. In Matthew 12, when Jesus was preaching about the true meaning of the Sabbath. His restless...