Grounded theologies: ‘Religion’ and the ‘secular’ in human geography

This paper replies to Kong’s (2010) lament that geographers of religion have not sufficiently intervened in religious studies. It advocates ‘grounded theologies’ as a rubric by which to investigate contemporary geographies of religion in a secular age. Arguing that secularization can itself be conce...

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Published in:Progress in human geography 2014-04, Vol.38 (2), p.201-220
Main Author: Tse, Justin K.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bgi / Prodig
Christianity
Cultural geography
Geodemographics
Geography
Geopolitics
Human geography
Interdisciplinary aspects
Population geography and social geography
Privatization
Religion
Religion & politics
Religions
Religiosity
Religious education
Religious orthodoxy
Religious studies
Secularism
Secularization
Theology
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Summary:This paper replies to Kong’s (2010) lament that geographers of religion have not sufficiently intervened in religious studies. It advocates ‘grounded theologies’ as a rubric by which to investigate contemporary geographies of religion in a secular age. Arguing that secularization can itself be conceived as a theological process, the paper critiques a religious/secular dichotomy and argues that individualized spiritualities presently prevalent are indicative of Taylor’s (2007) nova effect of proliferating grounded theologies. Case studies are drawn from social and cultural geographies of religious intersectionalities and from critical geopolitics.
ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132512475105