Description
Book SynopsisThe debates about the global concept of religion, as they are currently being conducted in religious studies, which have been shaped by post-structuralist and post-colonial theory, have in part also led to a re-reflection of traditional concepts in theology. The aim of this volume is to bundle these debates and make them fruitful for the theology of religions. On the one hand, central categories such as truth, universality or religion are subjected to a deconstruction in order to make them visible in their historical conditionality and their interweaving with social discourses. On the other hand, new spaces of what can be said are outlined, which can serve as the basis for an alternative, non-essentialist form of religion-theological speaking. This book extends the contemporary debate on the global concept of religion, conducted in the context of religious studies, to the field of the theology of religions. In applying poststructuralist and postcolonial perspectives, it seeks to deconstruct central categories such as truth, universality, or religion, in order to contextualize them by making transparent their historical genealogy and entanglement with political, social, and scientific discourses. Further, it aims to outline new areas of thinking, which can serve as the experimental basis of an alternative, non-essentialist form of theology (of religions).
