Living religion: the fluidity of practice
This article highlights the contemporary relevance of Macmurray's work for the turn in philosophy of religion towards living religion. The traditional academic focus on belief analyses cognitive dissonance from a distance and misses the experience of being religious. Alternatively, Macmurray em...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Taylor & Francis
[2018]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Année: 2018, Volume: 79, Numéro: 4, Pages: 383-396 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Macmurray, John 1891-1976
/ Religion
/ Pratique religieuse
/ Communauté
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Belief
B Living religion B Agency B Digital Media B Macmurray B Emotion B Religious Practice |
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| Résumé: | This article highlights the contemporary relevance of Macmurray's work for the turn in philosophy of religion towards living religion. The traditional academic focus on belief analyses cognitive dissonance from a distance and misses the experience of being religious. Alternatively, Macmurray emphasized emotion and action over theory and cognition, examining religion as the creation and sustenance of community, over and above doctrinal division and incompatible beliefs. From an understanding of humans as embodied and relational, Macmurray critiques individualism and self-sacrifice for failing to result in other-centred action and the promotion of social justice and equality. Using Macmurray as a springboard, this article considers the new speech acts of digital media and the possibility of community in online religion, finding that the virtual world holds risks as well as advantages for women and other marginalized groups to have a voice and explore diverse religious practices and identities, including reimagining metaphors and symbols to have relevance and meaning in changed social circumstances. In conclusion, this article finds that online communities are significant for the spiritual practice of the religiously affiliated and religious nones'; as such, online religion is relevant to the understanding of living religion aimed at in philosophy. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2017.1394211 |