Affect and Emotion in Multi-Religious Secular Societies

Emotions have gained importance in debates over religious diversity and multicultural recognition, but they are often discussed one-sidedly and attributed to the religious subject alone. This volume brings together disciplinary perspectives on religious and secular affect and emotion, emphasizing an immanent and relational perspective. It discusses historical intertwinements, affects, emotions, and religiosity, and looks at specific sensibilities of the secular.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 252 pages
\n Publication date: 01 April 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Emotions have taken center stage in numerous contemporary discussions surrounding religious diversity and multicultural recognition. Similar to other contentious domains, emotions are frequently portrayed as inherently subjective and individual phenomena, disregarding their social and cultural dimensions. Furthermore, the emotional aspect of these debates is often attributed solely to the religious subject, disregarding the affective anatomy of the secular. This volume aims to address these shortcomings by bringing together a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives on religious and secular affect and emotion. The volume emphasizes two analytical perspectives: one that takes an immanent approach, focusing on subjective feelings and emotions in relation to the religious and the secular. The other perspective takes a relational approach, examining the role of affect and emotion in shaping the relationship between the religious and the secular. These perspectives permeate the three main sections of the volume: the first section addressing historical entanglements of religion and emotion, the second section highlighting affects, emotions, and religiosity, and the third section exploring specific sensibilities of the secular. Thirteen chapters comprise a well-balanced composition, encompassing theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches to these areas of inquiry, exploring both historical and contemporary cases.

Emotions have taken center stage in numerous contemporary discussions surrounding religious diversity and multicultural recognition. Similar to other contentious domains, emotions are frequently portrayed as inherently subjective and individual phenomena, disregarding their social and cultural dimensions. Furthermore, the emotional aspect of these debates is often attributed solely to the religious subject, disregarding the affective anatomy of the secular. This volume aims to address these shortcomings by bringing together a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives on religious and secular affect and emotion. The volume emphasizes two analytical perspectives: one that takes an immanent approach, focusing on subjective feelings and emotions in relation to the religious and the secular. The other perspective takes a relational approach, examining the role of affect and emotion in shaping the relationship between the religious and the secular. These perspectives permeate the three main sections of the volume: the first section addressing historical entanglements of religion and emotion, the second section highlighting affects, emotions, and religiosity, and the third section exploring specific sensibilities of the secular. Thirteen chapters comprise a well-balanced composition, encompassing theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches to these areas of inquiry, exploring both historical and contemporary cases.

\n Weight: 485g\n
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367777197\n \n