Religious Authenticity and Commitment

Autor: Deirdre Meintel
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 50:8-26
ISSN: 2042-0587
0008-4298
DOI: 10.1177/0008429820930692
Popis: In this article I deal with two questions: how does religious authenticity present itself in the era of religious individualization? I find that those who are religiously active tend to emphasize the lived, personal and often embodied aspects of religious experience as evidence of authenticity and yet are likely to also have recourse to other types of claims to authenticity, such as tradition. I also raise the question of religious commitment; if religious authenticity is mostly conceived of in subjectivist terms, how is religious engagement possible over the long term? Here I examine several new types of groups that provide structure and community while leaving considerable space for individual religious experience.
Databáze: OpenAIRE