RETHINKING THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE: A CRITIQUE OF AMBER ENGELSON

This article critiques some arguments on religious discourse in thecontext of academic discourse recently proposed by Engelson(2014). In relation to this critique, four points are raised: religiousidentities in academic discourse, structural inequities of the spreadof English in the Indonesian context, Indonesian rhetoricaltraditions, and the role of religious expression in academicdiscourse.Keywords: religious discourse, academic discourse, religiousidentities, Indonesian rhetorical traditions, religiousexpression