Using multiple religious belonging to test analogies for religion
This article considers some analogies for religion which are so common in our ordinary language that they might pass without notice. I explore five in detail to show how each in different ways limits what we can say, and indeed think, about religion. By using multiple religious belonging as an examp...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis
[2018]
|
| In: |
International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 4, Pages: 370-382 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Language
/ Analogy
/ Metaphor
/ Religious identity
|
| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Lived Religion
B Ordinary Language B Analogy B Metaphor B Multiple Religious Belonging |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article considers some analogies for religion which are so common in our ordinary language that they might pass without notice. I explore five in detail to show how each in different ways limits what we can say, and indeed think, about religion. By using multiple religious belonging as an example, I am able to compare the things we ordinarily say about religion with the complexities of real, lived religion and illustrate some of the ways in which our analogies for religion fall short. Many of these analogies are so "natural" - so deeply embedded in the ways ordinary language works - that without this specific attention, they can shape what can be said about religion without the speaker noticing. Often, this makes things which the sociological evidence shows people are getting on and doing, like practising multiple religious belonging, seem "impossible" when we try to describe them. By paying attention to the analogies which underlie this sensation, I am able to show that a wider variety of analogies, used with more conscious attention, can be employed to allow us to think more clearly about complex lived religion, including multiple religious belonging. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2017.1393769 |