RT Article
T1 The Role of ‘Spirituality’ in Religion-secular Relational Discourse: The Case of Yoga in Britain
JF Journal of religion in Europe
VO 13
IS 3/4
SP 325
OP 350
A1 Vollmer, Laura J.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1760096784
AB Abstract This article examines the ‘relational etymology’ of the term ‘secular’ relative to ‘religion’ and the role of the concept ‘spirituality’ in discursive change. Employing a relational methodology to the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse analysis, concept formation and transformation of these terms is considered as a specific matter of how the terms are positioned relative to one another in the discourse. It is found that while ‘spirituality’ first worked on the side of ‘religion’ to differentiate it from the ‘secular,’ it was later differentiated from ‘religion’ and placed in ‘secular’ discourse. This is exemplified with the case of yoga in Britain. Implications for the religion-secular relationship and the secularization thesis are explored.
K1 Britain
K1 Yoga
K1 Concept formation
K1 Relationalism
K1 Discourse Analysis
K1 secularization thesis
K1 religion-secular relationship
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1163/18748929-13040002