RT Article
T1 Critical theory and the ontology of "religion": A response to Thomas Lynch
JF Critical research on religion
VO 5
IS 3
SP 302
OP 307
A1 Schilbrack, Kevin 1964-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1662772068
AB Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, but it goes further by treating "religion" as what Haslanger calls a strongly pragmatic social construction, that is, a category that is solely the product of the use of the concept and which does not capture any feature in the world. In this response, I clarify that this argument can be made in a way that is stronger and closer to that of Haslanger if one adopts the position she calls "promiscuous realism."
K1 Kevin Schilbrack
K1 Sally Haslanger
K1 concept of "religion"
K1 Ontology
K1 promiscuous realism
K1 Social Construction
DO 10.1177/2050303217732137