Religion as a liturgical continuum
This article considers the utility of a liturgical lens for locating and analyzing religion in the public sphere. Dominant paradigms in the study of religion tend to either dissolve the religious/secular distinction or base it on overly cognitive content. Drawing on the work of James K. A. Smith, th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
Year: 2019, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 549-570 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Secularism
/ Publicity
/ Liturgy
/ Desire
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy NBE Anthropology RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Secular
B Religion in the Public Sphere B Religion in der Öffentlichkeit B Desire B James K. A. Smith B Liturgy B säkular |
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| Summary: | This article considers the utility of a liturgical lens for locating and analyzing religion in the public sphere. Dominant paradigms in the study of religion tend to either dissolve the religious/secular distinction or base it on overly cognitive content. Drawing on the work of James K. A. Smith, the article outlines an approach which instead locates religion in embodied practices that shape human desire. I suggest the religious/secular binary is better conceptualized as a continuum in which liturgical intensity is the primary criterion of religiosity. A liturgical continuum better articulates the contested nature of public space and the religious aspects of political life. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9520 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/nzsth-2019-0028 |