The Hearing Voices Movement as Postmodern Religion-Making: Meaning, Power, Sacralization, Identity
Over the past 40 or 50 years, scholars of religion have frequently attempted to use the tools of social science to analyse, describe, and explain the relevance and persistence of religion in the modern world. With the bold predictions of the secularization thesis as their stimuli, many sociologists...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Implicit religion
Ano: 2017, Volume: 20, Número: 2, Páginas: 105-126 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Stimmenhören
/ Religião substituta
/ Religião
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Hans Mol
B postmodern religion B Power (Christian theology) B Social Sciences B Sacralization B Secularization (Theology) B Folk Religion B Hearing Voices Movement B AUDITORY hallucinations B Identification (religion) B Religião Social aspects B Identity |
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| Resumo: | Over the past 40 or 50 years, scholars of religion have frequently attempted to use the tools of social science to analyse, describe, and explain the relevance and persistence of religion in the modern world. With the bold predictions of the secularization thesis as their stimuli, many sociologists and anthropologists preferred to focus on the under-explored, marginalized, or otherwise unexpected expressions of religion within those ostensibly secularizing contexts. Such studies have led to an abundance of theories and accompanying terms: "implicit religion," "vernacular religion," "vicarious religion," "lived religion," "popular religion," and "folk religion." Without choosing any one of these, but owing much to their shared--arguably postmodern--themes of commonplace sacrality and personal empowerment, this paper seeks to explore the possibility of the Hearing Voices Movement (HVM) as an example of religion-making. HVM is a growing force of "voice-hearers" from at least 28 countries who have formed userled networks for activism and mental health recovery. More importantly, it is argued that HVM blends meaning-making, postmodern notions of identity in relation to power structures, and ritual embodiment, resulting in a striking example of sociologist Hans Mol's notion of religion as a sacralizing process. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.32688 |
