Multiple Religious Belonging and the ‘Deconstruction’ of Religion

In this article I briefly survey the meaning of ‘religion’ in the context of multiple religious belonging and the consequences of the so-called deconstruction of religion to it. I argue that we can distinguish three hermeneutics on religion and religious diversity in theology and religious studies:...

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1. VerfasserIn: Oostveen, Daan F. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2018
In: Exchange
Jahr: 2018, Band: 47, Heft: 1, Seiten: 39-52
RelBib Classification:AA Religionswissenschaft
VB Logik; philosophische Hermeneutik; philosophische Erkenntnislehre
weitere Schlagwörter:B Religion deconstruction multiple religious belonging hermeneutics
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Zusammenfassung:In this article I briefly survey the meaning of ‘religion’ in the context of multiple religious belonging and the consequences of the so-called deconstruction of religion to it. I argue that we can distinguish three hermeneutics on religion and religious diversity in theology and religious studies: a hermeneutics of multiple religions, a hermeneutics of hybrid religiosity and a hermeneutics of deconstruction. Both a hermeneutics of hybrid religiosity and a hermeneutics of deconstruction challenge the common understanding of multiple religious belonging as belonging to multiple religious traditions. Following Wouter Hanegraaff and Paul Hedges, I will argue that the deconstruction of religion could make us aware that the idea of religious traditions are ultimately reified imaginative formations, which give rise to the so-called ‘World Religions’ paradigm. Following from this, we can learn how the imagination of multiple religions to which an individual can belong is always in interaction with the imagination of a hybrid or dynamic religious belonging.
ISSN:1572-543X
Enthält:In: Exchange
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341466