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Undoubtedly, one of the most significant and influential analytical philosophers of the twentieth century was Ludwig Wittgenstein who was a leading expert in the study of religious language. Early on in his philosophical career, Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that the main function of language is to name objects in the world. Therefore, if Wittgenstein's theory is applied, the meaning of a word is the object it stands for. Wittgenstein uses the example of a table arguing that it is meaningful because 'it stands for the mental picture that I have of a table'.1 This theory became known as the 'Picture Theory of Meaning' which was constantly discussed and debated by the Vienna Circle before they developed the Verification theory. Later, Wittgenstein's views about language changed and he began to look again at how language can be meaningful, coming to a different conclusion. He realised that it was impossible for all...

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