The Central Characteristic of Religiosity Is Integration into a Moral Community, not Supernaturalism
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Kevin McCaffree
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Researchers often define religion according to the presence (vs. absence) of supernaturalism. This has several serious shortcomings: (1) it construes religion narrowly as a historical/anthropological phenomenon, (2) it ignores the underlying evolved cognitive mechanisms facilitating tight group membership, which operate regardless of belief content and (3) it ensures that the study of religion will be obsolete if secularization continues. Instead of a slavish adherence to the criteria of supernaturalism, I suggest here a broader and more evolutionarily-informed definition of religion (and secularity): religion is what emerges when individuals become highly (perhaps overly-) integrated into a moral community; secularity is what emerges when individuals are moderately (perhaps under-) integrated into a moral community. Researchers often define religion according to the presence (vs. absence) of supernaturalism. This has several serious shortcomings: (1) it construes religion narrowly as a historical/anthropological phenomenon, (2) it ignores the underlying evolved cognitive mechanisms facilitating tight group membership, which operate regardless of belief content and (3) it ensures that the study of religion will be obsolete if secularization continues. Instead of a slavish adherence to the criteria of supernaturalism, I suggest here a broader and more evolutionarily-informed definition of religion (and secularity): religion is what emerges when individuals become highly (perhaps overly-) integrated into a moral community; secularity is what emerges when individuals are moderately (perhaps under-) integrated into a moral community.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2020
توصيف ظاهري
179-182
عنوان
Secular Studies
شماره جلد
2/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
2589-2525
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
civil religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
collective conscience
اصطلاح موضوعی
moral community
اصطلاح موضوعی
religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
secularity
اصطلاح موضوعی
secularization
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