Religion-ing/Religion*: Tempting Since Aesthetically Irresistible : A Response to Susan Henking
In this chapter Susan Henking and Anne Koch debate the utility of definitions. Koch argues in her initial definition that the moment we attempt to define religion - by making it into “this” or “that” (e.g., the social, the political, and so on)—we automatically mislabel it. Such mislabeling, she add...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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What is religion?
Year: 2021, Pages: 77-82 |
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B academic study of religion B Religion B Definition B Normativity |
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| Summary: | In this chapter Susan Henking and Anne Koch debate the utility of definitions. Koch argues in her initial definition that the moment we attempt to define religion - by making it into “this” or “that” (e.g., the social, the political, and so on)—we automatically mislabel it. Such mislabeling, she adds, creates all sorts of epistemological and categorical confusion. Henking argues that, even though problematic, we must persevere in the task to define religion since all we have at our disposal is words. The subsequent debate is indicative of two radically different approaches to the study of religion - one that seeks to question normativity and one that ultimately seeks to reaffirm it. |
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| ISBN: | 019006501X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: What is religion?
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190064976.003.0005 DOI: 10.15496/publikation-81859 HDL: 10900/140512 |