Anthropology, theology, critique
This article reflects on one potential relationship the anthropological study of religion might enjoy with a critical orientation to religion. To do so, I highlight a burgeoning (but tenuous) dialog between anthropology and theology. Ultimately, I propose that a focus on religion and human flourishi...
| Subtitles: | Symposium: “Towards a Critical Anthropology of Religion” |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[2018]
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| In: |
Critical research on religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-34 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ethnology
/ Science of Religion
/ Critical theory
/ Theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy FA Theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Anthropology B prophetic critique B Public Religion |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article reflects on one potential relationship the anthropological study of religion might enjoy with a critical orientation to religion. To do so, I highlight a burgeoning (but tenuous) dialog between anthropology and theology. Ultimately, I propose that a focus on religion and human flourishing provides one wavelength on which an anthropology-theology collaboration can thrive. I follow the observation that anthropologists and theologians are united by concern with shared problems. If human and social flourishing is one such problem, then what might a collaborative configuration look like? The example I consider is how ethnographic evidence of religion in public life can be mobilized to advance prophetic theological critiques of injustice. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303218757323 |
