RT Article
T1 Bruno Latour's Beings of Religion
JF Implicit religion
VO 26
IS 2/3
SP 165
OP 181
A1 Braak, André van der 1963-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1963104803
AB Latour constructs a plurality of ontologies by distinguishing various modes of existence with their own type of existent. One of these modes of existence is religion, which involves invisible "beings of religion." Latour criticizes both psychological and (onto)theological interpretations of such beings. He distinguishes between psychogenic beings that constitute the self, and beings of religion that transform the self. Whereas psychogenic beings can be addressed through therapeutic or ritual procedures that can provide cure, beings of religion can be addressed through contemplative practices of prayer, meditation, or ceremony that can transform. This article argues that Latour's beings of religion may have much potential for religious studies and presents a Latourian description of ayahuasca ceremonies as a case study.
K1 BL51-65 Philosophy of religion
K1 Latour
K1 Ayahuasca
K1 beings of religion
K1 Ontology
K1 Philosophy of religion
DO 10.1558/imre.31422