Qualifying Secular Sacralizations

We propose a mode/for qualifying the experiences that people have with "free floating objects and events of religion." The theories of implicit religion or non-religion do not offer such a refinement. With the help of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age we conceptualize both religion and s...

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Published in:Implicit religion
Authors: Jespers, Fran S (Author) ; Kleijbeuker, David (Author) ; Schattevoet, Yentl (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2012]
In: Implicit religion
Further subjects:B Taylor, Charles, 1931-
B Sacralization
B Sacredness
B secularity / secularization
B Secular Franciscan Order
B Implicit Religion
B Religiousness
B Non-religion
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Summary:We propose a mode/for qualifying the experiences that people have with "free floating objects and events of religion." The theories of implicit religion or non-religion do not offer such a refinement. With the help of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age we conceptualize both religion and secularity in a positive way. Using Meerten ter Borg's theory, we distinguish within the secular field three degrees of religiosity that are rather near to religion in the strict sense: (1) functional equivalents of religion, (2) moments of sacralization, and (3) fragments of sacralization. Some examples and analogies confirm the adequacy of this model.
ISSN:1743-1697
Contains:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.v15i4.533