Material irreligion: The role of media in atheist studies
Despite the material turn in the study of religion and the humanities and social sciences more broadly, many scholars still tend to treat atheism as a purely intellectual or philosophical position. Recent scholarship has begun to seriously examine the emotional, material, and sociopolitical bases of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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| In: |
Religion compass
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Atheism
/ Irreligiousness
/ Materiality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion |
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| Summary: | Despite the material turn in the study of religion and the humanities and social sciences more broadly, many scholars still tend to treat atheism as a purely intellectual or philosophical position. Recent scholarship has begun to seriously examine the emotional, material, and sociopolitical bases of contemporary and historical atheism, but more work remains to be done. In particular, scholars of atheism need to pay close attention to the role of media in the emergence of atheism as a collective self-identity. Atheism appears particularly vulnerable to a scholarly cognitivist bias that overemphasizes the importance of religious belief or lack thereof. Media studies, by emphasizing the importance of materiality in the fashioning of human subjects, can provide an important corrective to this bias. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12349 |