Disciplining religion: the role of the state and its consequences on democracy

This article presents the concept of hegemonic religion and its relationship with democracy. This concept entails not only a certain type of institutional relation between state and religion but, more importantly, a kind of national culture with religion at its core. Utilizing Norbert Elias's f...

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Main Author: Cesari, Jocelyne 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis [2016]
In: Journal of religious and political practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-154
Further subjects:B hegemonic religion
B Nation-state
B Habitus
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Summary:This article presents the concept of hegemonic religion and its relationship with democracy. This concept entails not only a certain type of institutional relation between state and religion but, more importantly, a kind of national culture with religion at its core. Utilizing Norbert Elias's figurational sociology, this article analyses how postcolonial states have built a national habitus that plays a decisive role in the politicization of religion. It focuses on examples from Islam and Buddhism and discusses how hegemonic types of politicised religions have negative impacts on democracy.
ISSN:2056-6107
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious and political practice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/20566093.2016.1181365