Critical theory and the ontology of "religion": A response to Thomas Lynch

Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, bu...

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Main Author: Schilbrack, Kevin 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 302-307
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Haslanger, Sally 1955- / Critical theory / Religion / Construct / Science of Religion
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B promiscuous realism
B Ontology
B Kevin Schilbrack
B concept of "religion"
B Social Construction
B Sally Haslanger
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Summary:Thomas Lynch has proposed that scholars of religion can profitably follow Sally Haslanger's lead and treat "religion," as she treats race, as a social construction. He argues that this proposal resembles my treatment of "religion" in Philosophy and the Study of Religions, but it goes further by treating "religion" as what Haslanger calls a strongly pragmatic social construction, that is, a category that is solely the product of the use of the concept and which does not capture any feature in the world. In this response, I clarify that this argument can be made in a way that is stronger and closer to that of Haslanger if one adopts the position she calls "promiscuous realism."
ISSN:2050-3040
Reference:Kritik von "Social construction and social critique (2017)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732137