Studying religion in the pluriversity: decolonial perspectives

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, colonia...

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Autres titres:Futures
Auteur principal: Van Klinken, A. S. 1982- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge [2020]
Dans: Religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 50, Numéro: 1, Pages: 148-155
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Science des religions / Société pluraliste
Classifications IxTheo:AA Sciences des religions
Sujets non-standardisés:B Decolonisation
B study of religions
B Pluriversity
B Postcoloniality
B epistemologies of the South
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1096-1151
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1681108