Toward a post-secular anthropology

The discipline of anthropology is dominated by a secular analytical approach which requires the bounding of religion and its exclusion from anthropological ways-of-knowing. This is premised on a historical understanding of the discipline as scientific, rational, objective and modern. While these nor...

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主要作者: Fountain, Philip (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: 2013
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 2013, 卷: 24, 發布: 3, Pages: 310-328
Further subjects:B Secularity
B Christian Theology
B anthropological theology
B Anthropology
B Graham Ward
B Post-secular
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總結:The discipline of anthropology is dominated by a secular analytical approach which requires the bounding of religion and its exclusion from anthropological ways-of-knowing. This is premised on a historical understanding of the discipline as scientific, rational, objective and modern. While these norms are now routinely critiqued, theology remains peculiarly marginalised. This article probes the contours of an anthropology beyond the secular which involves both critical reflection on the secularity of the discipline and a willingness to experiment with new ways of doing anthropology with/in theology.
ISSN:1757-6547
Contains:Enthalten in: The Australian journal of anthropology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/taja.12053