Religion, Science, and Disenchantment in Late Modernity

Late modernity has witnessed a growing semantic shift from "religion" to "spirituality." In this article, I argue what underlies this shift is a cultural structure I call the religion of the heart. I begin with an explication of what I mean by the "religion of the heart,&quo...

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Nebentitel:MUTUAL ENHANCEMENT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION
1. VerfasserIn: Watts, Galen (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2019]
In: Zygon
Jahr: 2019, Band: 54, Heft: 4, Seiten: 1022-1035
weitere Schlagwörter:B Spirituality
B Colin Campbell
B Late Modernity
B Ernst Troeltsch
B Disenchantment
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Zusammenfassung:Late modernity has witnessed a growing semantic shift from "religion" to "spirituality." In this article, I argue what underlies this shift is a cultural structure I call the religion of the heart. I begin with an explication of what I mean by the "religion of the heart," and draw on the work of Ernst Troeltsch and Colin Campbell to identify what I take to be its historical antecedents. Second, I analyze the ambiguous relationships fostered between the religion of the heart and the discourses of science and religion, respectively, in late modernity. I illuminate how the social conditions of late modernity undermine or challenge what we conventionally think of as scientific and religious authorities, while at the same time creating existential needs that the religion of the heart is well adapted to meet. I conclude with a brief discussion of the implications of this process, especially as it relates to the sustainability of science and religion, as independent enterprises, in the twenty-first century.
ISSN:1467-9744
Enthält:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12554