What (if Anything) is Wrong with Cafeteria Religion?: On Freedom of Choice in Theology and Religious Studies
Religion is about responsible choices and selective appropriations of complex traditions. In this contribution, delivered as the 2020 Dies Facultatis lecture at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, the challenge of coping with plurality and individuality is explored with the hel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2020]
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Louvain studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-180 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theological studies
/ Religious studies
/ Religious pluralism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AH Religious education AX Inter-religious relations CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations FB Theological education |
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| Summary: | Religion is about responsible choices and selective appropriations of complex traditions. In this contribution, delivered as the 2020 Dies Facultatis lecture at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, the challenge of coping with plurality and individuality is explored with the help of the metaphor of a cafeteria where customers can pick and choose various items of food according to their personal preferences. Classical theology is not comfortable with such a self-service mentality. Nevertheless, theology and religious studies have to face the dynamics of individualization as the main feature of modernity. After briefly situating the metaphor of food in the context of religion, "cafeteria style" will serve as a heuristic tool for the analysis of the pragmatics of dealing with diversity in the academic study of religious expressions. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-161X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Louvain studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/LS.43.2.3288166 |