?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cognitive+Semiotics+and+On-Line+Reading+of+Religious+Texts&rft.creator=Evola%2C+Vito&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.description=In+this+essay+a+hermeneutic+model+of+the+higher+level+understanding+during+on-line+ritual+reading+by+devotees+of+their+respective+sacred+literatures+is+proposed%2C+using+the+instruments+provided+by+cognitive+sciences.+The+way+a+devotee+reads+a+sacred+text+differs+from+the+way+he+or+she+would+read+a+common+piece+of+literature+or+how+a+lay+person+might+read+the+same+sacred+text.++After+providing+an+overview+of+metaphor%2C+anthropomorphism%2C+and+the+%E2%80%9Creligious+brain%E2%80%9D%2C+it+is+suggested+how+devotee-readers+might+make+sense+of+a+religious+text+and+why+it+should+be+so+important+for+their+own+personal+everyday+life.+Universals+are+implicated+in+this+genre+of+literature+and+the+way+it+is+interpreted.&rft.publisher=University+of+Wales+-+Aberystwyth&rft.contributor=Hogan%2C+Patrick+Colm&rft.contributor=Meyer-Dinkgr%C3%A4fe%2C+Daniel&rft.date=2005-08&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4863%2F1%2FCognitive_Semiotics_and_On-Line_Reading_of_Religious_Texts.pdf&rft.identifier=++Evola%2C+Vito++(2005)+Cognitive+Semiotics+and+On-Line+Reading+of+Religious+Texts.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4863%2F