Materialität und Metapher: Ein Zwischenstand zur Diskussion im SFB 1475 "Metaphern der Religion"

This paper summarizes the current state of discussion in the explorative working group “Materiality and Metaphor” in the CRC 1475 “Metaphors of Religion” and focuses on conceptual and methodological questions, illustrated by an example analysis. It is a working paper that addresses some open questions without providing complete answers. Instead, it aims to identify the conceptual and methodological challenges in order to facilitate further discussion. The core argument is that even non-textual communication can contain metaphors that can be identified and investigated in a methodologically controlled procedure.