Religious Authority in Evangelical, Charismatic, and Pentecostal Christianities: Reflections about Concepts, Methods, and the Role of Non-human Agency in Authority Relations
In this article, I reflect upon the articles of this special issue in selected respects. My intention is to draw together some of the recurring themes and critical threads with the goal to develop a broader framework for future discussions of authority in Evangelical, Charismatic, and Pentecostal mo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Pages: 616-633 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Religious sociology B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft B Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft & Religionswissenschaft |
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| Summary: | In this article, I reflect upon the articles of this special issue in selected respects. My intention is to draw together some of the recurring themes and critical threads with the goal to develop a broader framework for future discussions of authority in Evangelical, Charismatic, and Pentecostal movements. In a manner of responding to the contributions and to our collaborative endeavor in general, I focus on three aspects: First, I discuss the concept of "religious authority," second, I attend to the question of how to study religious authority empirically (methods of data collection and data analysis), and, third, I consider if and how approaches from post-humanistic literature, especially Niklas Luhmann’s and Bruno Latour’s works, could be valuable additions to classical sociological literature on authority in religious contexts. Far from offering a "conclusion" in the strict sense, this contribution shall raise new questions and spark future debate on the topic of this special issue. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004505315_030 |