Abstracts
Résumé
Les anthropologues ont longtemps été imprégnés d’un certain athéisme méthodologique lorsqu’il s’agissait d’étudier les religions lointaines des « autres ». Or, une telle approche ne semble plus adaptée au genre de terrains réalisé aujourd’hui. Nous examinons brièvement les causes de ce « glissement tectonique » au sein de l’anthropologie, ainsi que ses conséquences pour les terrains religieux. Ensuite, nous explorons les nouvelles possibilités qu’offre l’émergence de ce que certains qualifient d’anthropologie « post-séculière », dont un nouveau dialogue avec la théologie.
Abstract
Anthropologists have long been inculcated to employ «methodological atheism» in their study of the exotic religions of other peoples. Such an approach no longer seems appropriate for the kinds of fieldwork being done today. I briefly examine the causes of this «tectonic shift» in anthropology, as well as its consequences for field studies of religion. Following this, I explore the new possibilities that are opening up with the emergence of what certain authors call «post-secular» anthropology, among them, a new dialogue with theology.
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