Belonging without commitment: the Christocentric view and the traditionist perspective on modern religion
This essentially theoretical article suggests a novel way to conceptualise the middle spaces of people whose link to religion is perceived as partial and fragmentary - the vast majority of the population in the world of the twenty-first century, who belong to a religious tradition but are quite sele...
| Published in: | Culture and religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis Group
[2018]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Near East
/ Secularism
/ Religiosity
/ Culture
/ Tradition
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion KBL Near East and North Africa KDA Church denominations |
| Further subjects: | B
Middle East
B theory of religion B Tradition B Secularisation B Israel B sociology of religion |
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| Summary: | This essentially theoretical article suggests a novel way to conceptualise the middle spaces of people whose link to religion is perceived as partial and fragmentary - the vast majority of the population in the world of the twenty-first century, who belong to a religious tradition but are quite selective in their observances. We first argue that current conceptualisation of the middle spaces suffers from a predisposition we view as ‘Christocentric'. As the key to an alternative and non-Christocentric approach, we suggest the concept of ‘traditionism', which permits a new theoretical discussion of the meanings of religion for contemporary individuals who belong to a religious tradition but are not fully committed to its current authorities or affiliated with recognised denominations. As a case study to clarify the new, non-Christocentric conceptualisation, we suggest the religious identity of contemporary ‘Arab Jews' - Jews whose families originated in the Muslim Middle East - to highlight the potential contribution of a certain Jewish perspective to an understanding of modern religion as tradition and of modern practitioners of religion who belong to no denomination as ‘traditionists'. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2018.1444657 |