ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the role of multilingualism and multilanguaging in interreligious encounters where participants have a plethora of L1s but the dialogues and encounters are expected to take place in specific named and bounded languages. In today’s superdiverse world, where such encounters between people with diverse linguistic and religious identities are increasingly frequent, it is essential to understand how people talk about what they believe and how those beliefs affect their everyday lives. Data from a cumulative case study shows how multilingual participants with unequal distributions of resources utilize their language(s) to create conversations with others who orient around religion differently.
