Religious engineering: exploring projects of transformation from a relational perspective
This introduction presents the concept of religious engineering, offering a new perspective on a field of research which deals with the interrelations of religion and international development. The concept, we propose, allows for an analysis of a wide array of projects of transformation without pres...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2021
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Religion
Année: 2021, Volume: 51, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-18 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Recherche sur le développement
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AB Philosophie de la religion ZB Sociologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Secularity
B Religion B Development B Relationality B Religious engineering B Transformation (motif) |
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| Résumé: | This introduction presents the concept of religious engineering, offering a new perspective on a field of research which deals with the interrelations of religion and international development. The concept, we propose, allows for an analysis of a wide array of projects of transformation without presupposing religion, secularity and development as different given spheres or concepts. Following criticisms of the instrumental use of a sui generis concept of religion and a narrow definition of development, we suggest a focus on the relational, on-going constitution of development and religion through transformative practices of religious engineering. This refers to ways of working on the future shape of a society, group or individual, where the ‘engineers’ allude to what they understand as religious traditions and practices. At the same time, the concept accesses purposeful transformations of religious traditions and self-understandings that are spurred on by such projects of societal and/or individual improvement. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2020.1792053 |