Semiotic therapy does not focus on demystification but on reconciliation. Semiotic guerrilla warfare stresses the need to demystify the discourse of power that subjugates individuals or groups to a certain religious law. Whilst the latter position is similar to that of semiotic guerrilla warfare, the former rather configures the semiotics of religious law as a therapy. However, there is a difference between showing that some alternatives exist and advocating which alternatives should be taken. The semiotics of religious law is particularly equipped to propose alternatives for conflicting prescriptions. In both cases, the explanation of how a religious law changes and the reengineering of a religious prescription are related activities. The two approaches are complementary, but the semiotics of religious law predominantly adopts the second one. Changes in religious law can be explained according to a chronological rhetoric (certain agents cause certain changes) or according to a logical rhetoric (a change acquires its meaning in opposition to other possible changes). They can also help reengineering prescriptions that cause social conflict. Scholars can explain how religious law changes according to historical and socio-cultural context. Religious law is a key element in both cases. Religion can bring about social harmony as well as social conflict.
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