Belonging without commitment: the Christocentric view and the traditionist perspective on modern religion

IF 0.3 0 RELIGION
Nissim Leon, Hizky Shoham
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Abstract

Abstract This essentially theoretical article suggests a novel way to conceptualise the middle spaces of people whose link to religion is perceived as partial and fragmentary – the vast majority of the population in the world of the twenty-first century, who belong to a religious tradition but are quite selective in their observances. We first argue that current conceptualisation of the middle spaces suffers from a predisposition we view as ‘Christocentric’. As the key to an alternative and non-Christocentric approach, we suggest the concept of ‘traditionism’, which permits a new theoretical discussion of the meanings of religion for contemporary individuals who belong to a religious tradition but are not fully committed to its current authorities or affiliated with recognised denominations. As a case study to clarify the new, non-Christocentric conceptualisation, we suggest the religious identity of contemporary ‘Arab Jews’ – Jews whose families originated in the Muslim Middle East – to highlight the potential contribution of a certain Jewish perspective to an understanding of modern religion as tradition and of modern practitioners of religion who belong to no denomination as ‘traditionists’.
没有承诺的归属:基督中心论与传统主义的现代宗教观
摘要这篇本质上是理论性的文章提出了一种新颖的方式来概念化那些与宗教的联系被视为部分和零碎的人的中间空间——21世纪世界上的绝大多数人口,他们属于宗教传统,但在仪式上很有选择性。我们首先认为,当前对中间空间的概念化受到我们认为的“以基督为中心”的倾向的影响。作为替代和非基督中心主义方法的关键,我们提出了“传统主义”的概念,这允许对属于宗教传统但未完全致力于其当前权威或隶属于公认教派的当代个人的宗教含义进行新的理论讨论。作为澄清新的、非基督中心概念化的案例研究,我们提出了当代“阿拉伯犹太人”(其家庭起源于穆斯林中东的犹太人)的宗教身份,以强调某种犹太视角对理解现代宗教作为传统以及不属于任何教派的现代宗教从业者作为“传统主义者”的潜在贡献。
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