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Religious Belonging in the East Asian Context: An Exploration of Rhizomatic Belonging
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通讯作者：Oostveen, DF (reprint author), Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Relig & Theol, De Boelelaan 1105, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Oostveen, DF (reprint author), Renmin Univ, Fac Philosophy, 59 Zhongguangcun St, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China.
期刊名称：RELIGIONS
年：2019
卷：10
期：3
ISSN：2077-1444
关键词：religiosity; religion; belonging; Daoism; Buddhism; rhizome; hermeneutics
摘要：This article explores the hermeneutical challenges to understand religious belonging and religious identity in the East Asian context. In East Asia, religious identities have not always been as exclusively delineated, as is the case in Western models of religious diversity, for example in the so-called World Religions paradigm. Various theoretical frameworks are discussed in religious studies, sociology and anthropology of religion in China and East Asia, to acquire a better understanding of rel ...More
This article explores the hermeneutical challenges to understand religious belonging and religious identity in the East Asian context. In East Asia, religious identities have not always been as exclusively delineated, as is the case in Western models of religious diversity, for example in the so-called World Religions paradigm. Various theoretical frameworks are discussed in religious studies, sociology and anthropology of religion in China and East Asia, to acquire a better understanding of religious belonging. It is observed that two hermeneutical frameworks are used by scholars to discuss religious diversity: a hermeneutics of multiple religions and a hermeneutics of religiosity. The former analyses "religious belonging" as a "belonging to religious traditions". In the latter, "religious belonging" is understood as transcending particular religious traditions. It is argued that we need to take another look at the philosophical concept of "multiplicity" to understand religious diversity and religious belonging. We can use the Deleuzian concepts of "rhizome" and "assemblage" to describe religious belongings in East Asia specifically and also religion in general. A rhizomatic thinking about religion enables us to reimagine the concept of religious belonging as rhizomatic belonging, and also, as is argued by Haiyan Lee and Mayfair Yang, make it possible to subvert power structures inherent to religion. ...Hide

DOI：10.3390/rel10030182
百度学术：Religious Belonging in the East Asian Context: An Exploration of Rhizomatic Belonging
语言：外文
基金：Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); Confucius Institute (Hanban)
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