RT Article
T1 Studying religion in the pluriversity: decolonial perspectives
JF Religion
VO 50
IS 1
SP 148
OP 155
A1 Van Klinken, A. S. 1982-
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1687991251
AB Taking up the concept of the pluriversity as developed by mostly South American thinkers, this essay shares some thoughts about what the study of religion/s might look like if we seriously engage with questions of decolonisation. Building on the critique of the dominant Western, Eurocentric, colonialist and racialised models of thought that have historically shaped the field, I make a constructive proposal for an approach to the study of religion/s that centres around three Ps: a commitment to Pluriversality, an acknowledgment of Partiality, and a commitment to Participatory work. I illustrate this with some specific examples from studying religion in contemporary African contexts.
K1 Pluriversity
K1 Decolonisation
K1 epistemologies of the South
K1 Postcoloniality
K1 study of religions
DO 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1681108