Marginality as a Societal Position of Religion

Blasi, Anthony J.

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“…Models such as the market model are useful, more or less, but they are not total explanations. One would not want to deny the relevance of other approaches, such as ones based on identity (Mol, 1985), diffusion (Montgomery, 2002), or marginality as a counterpoint to the macro-structures of power in a society (Blasi, 2002). One would not want to proceed as if monism in science were a virtue.…”

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A Market Theory of Religion

Blasi

2009

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References to market phenomena are common enough in the sociology of religion, but despite the proliferation of systems of concatenate propositions that have been tested with survey and church membership data, little has been done to develop the conceptualization of how a religious market works. Consequently there is a significant lack of correspondence in the literature between the role market phenomena play in economics and the role of market-like counterparts in the religious field. While there may be some point to offering a correction to allegedly market-centered research in the sociology of religion, the intent here instead is to take what insights are to be had from the study of economic phenomena and draw out their implications for inquiry into religion. Key words: market theory · religion and economic phenomenaIl est devenu fréquent, en sociologie de la religion, de recourir à la notion de marché. Toutefois, et malgré les nombreuses recherches empiriques portant sur l'appartenance à une Église qui ont tenté de vérifier la carte des concepts liés à l'idée de marché religieux, peu de chercheurs ont entrepris de développer une théorie en mesure d'en définir le fonctionnement. On note, par conséquent, dans la littérature sociologique, un manque d'analyses capables d'établir s'il existe une réelle correspondance entre les phénomènes et s'il en existe d'analogues dans le domaine religieux. L'étude de ces phénomènes économiques devrait se fixer comme objectif de comprendre quelles en sont les implications pour la religion plutôt que de discuter, même de manière critique, de ce qu'a apporté la recherche en sociologie de la religion à l'idée de marché. Mot-clés: théorie du marché · religion et économie

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“…Despite Weber's and Durkheim's predictions, it appears that religion is not declining; rather, the construct of religion is changing from one that focused on the institution to one that focuses on human potential (Blasi, 2002;Pargament, Magyar-Russell and Murray-Swank, 2005). For example, Davie (2007), describing the British context, concludes that individuals are increasingly willing to express belief without belonging to a faith community.…”

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The influence of religion on adolescent family life in England: an explanatory study of the views of young people and parents

Horwath

Lees²,

Sidebotham

2012

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The majority of adults in England describe themselves as affiliated to a religious faith. However, little is known about the influence religion has on family life, particularly in relation to ways in which religion influences the parenting of adolescents. The authors seek to add to the limited body of knowledge by reporting the findings of a qualitative study of young people and parents who held a range of religious beliefs and engaged in varied religious practices. The findings indicate that religious beliefs influence both what parents want for their adolescents, and young people’s lifestyles. Moreover, the perceived views of grandparents and peer and societal pressures on young people inform both parents’ and young people’s attitudes. However, the views of faith leaders do not appear to have an influence. The authors conclude by drawing on the findings of this study to explore ways in which the young people and the parents in the study appeared to negotiate adolescent lifestyle choices.

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“…To disentangle spiritual authority and theological expertise, to implement a genuine epistemic option for the margins, 43 to bring restorative epistemic justice to the margins over against the centre, a truly centreless theology is necessary. In exploring modes of distributed theology, we might be able to bring both implicit and explicit forms of knowledge into productive and empowering exchange as well as to link academic theology back to the life expression of faith communities.…”

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Citizen Science, the Body of Christ, and Testimonial Epistemology

Friedrich¹,

Reichel²,

Renkert³

2020

The Ecumenical Review

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How does explicit theological knowledge emerge out of communal practices, who is involved in its production, and what are its procedures? These are neither neutral nor arbitrary methodological questions; they are themselves deeply theological. Digital innovations and the subsequent transformations of society and academia invite us to redefine the work of theology. Epistemologically drawing on a theology of the cross and centring the communal nature and vulnerable existence of the witnessing community, we develop a model of doing theology that is collaborative and exploratory within the medial transformations of the digital age. Taking cues from participatory research conceptions of "citizen science," we propose going toward and beyond a "citizen theology." We need the courage to conceive of a theology that is ultimately centreless. Therefore, we cannot aspire to testimonially responsible forms of doing theology without striving for epistemic justice and diaconal empowerment at a global level. The "distributed theology" we envision promotes global (catholic), decentral (apostolic), and communal (local) forms of knowledge production by the whole of the body of Christ in ever more distributed ways.

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Marginality as a Societal Position of Religion

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A Market Theory of Religion

A Market Theory of Religion

The influence of religion on adolescent family life in England: an explanatory study of the views of young people and parents

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