Living religion: the fluidity of practice

This article highlights the contemporary relevance of Macmurray's work for the turn in philosophy of religion towards living religion. The traditional academic focus on belief analyses cognitive dissonance from a distance and misses the experience of being religious. Alternatively, Macmurray em...

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Published in:International journal of philosophy and theology
Main Author: McIntosh, Esther ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2018]
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Macmurray, John 1891-1976 / Religion / Religious practice / Community
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Belief
B Living religion
B Agency
B Digital Media
B Macmurray
B Emotion
B Religious Practice
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Summary:This article highlights the contemporary relevance of Macmurray's work for the turn in philosophy of religion towards living religion. The traditional academic focus on belief analyses cognitive dissonance from a distance and misses the experience of being religious. Alternatively, Macmurray emphasized emotion and action over theory and cognition, examining religion as the creation and sustenance of community, over and above doctrinal division and incompatible beliefs. From an understanding of humans as embodied and relational, Macmurray critiques individualism and self-sacrifice for failing to result in other-centred action and the promotion of social justice and equality. Using Macmurray as a springboard, this article considers the new speech acts of digital media and the possibility of community in online religion, finding that the virtual world holds risks as well as advantages for women and other marginalized groups to have a voice and explore diverse religious practices and identities, including reimagining metaphors and symbols to have relevance and meaning in changed social circumstances. In conclusion, this article finds that online communities are significant for the spiritual practice of the religiously affiliated and religious ‘nones'; as such, online religion is relevant to the understanding of living religion aimed at in philosophy.
ISSN:2169-2335
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2017.1394211