Orthodox Christian Material Ecology and the Sociopolitics of Religion

正统基督教物质生态学与宗教社会政治学

• 批准号: MR/S031669/1
• 负责人: Timothy Carroll
• 金额: $ 92.26万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FS031669%2F1
• 关键词: Orthodox; Christian; Material; Ecology; Sociopolitics

Aims: This project asks 'What role does the material ecology play in shaping the sociopolitics of Global Orthodoxy?' as a case study for global political discourse and the role of material in the social dynamics of religion.Impact: Orthodox Christianity is a tradition based on discourse, but there has been very little research looking at the specifics of how it works. Focusing on discourse also tends to over emphasise words and belief. But what if, like Max Muller, we insist that religion must start with what is perceived, not with concepts like 'belief in the supernatural'? This means we situate discursive traditions like Orthodoxy not in concepts but in the material culture of local and global religious groups. This reframes how we understand religion, and forefronts the impact that religious practice has upon material aspects of our experience like health, the environment and geopolitics.Context: Much social scientific interest in religion looks at the variation in the lived religion from one place to another. However, there are moments - such as in April 2018 when the President of Ukraine asked the Greek Patriarch to intervene into the Russian Church in the Ukraine - when religion can not be studied only in the local lived expression. Situations such as the conflict in Ukraine are complicated by historic tension between local Orthodox Churches. Disagreements in the interpretation of the theology of the body, person, and environment foment political tension within the Churches, between the Churches and external bodies, and between nations. The materiality of discourse must be seen as central to the form and practice of the tradition.Research: Framed in terms of three research domains, this project focuses on the material conditions of Global Orthodox sociopolitics, conducting research amongst Orthodox Christians and religious institutions. The project investigates how the properties and affordances of the material ecology (including the body, the built environment and wider 'natural' order) shape and are marshalled within the discourse of the Orthodox Churches. The three domains are the Body, Person, and Environment. The Body domain addresses issues such as medical interventions, like IVF and organ donation, which are, across Global Orthodoxy, contentious to varying degrees. The material body becomes a place for negotiating ethical goods (eg extending life, fertility, honouring God). The Person domain examines the variance in permission different churches grant concerning family and marriage practices (eg divorce, family planning). There is also a mounting discourse around identity politics, with some voices pushing for an open approach to homosexuality and women clergy. The material of the body, person, and Church are marshalled as the grounding for historically contingent, philosophically premised, and scientifically inflected arguments for or against 'progressive' movements. Finally, the Environment domain examines the relationship between humans, specific locations, and the earth as a whole. Orthodox theologians highlight an emphasis on 'stewardship of the earth' and call for active engagement in ecological conservation. Issues such as Global Warming take an explicitly religious imperative, as scientific data points to human failure to fulfil their God-given role as caretakers. The control of land (including places like Crimea and Jerusalem) also becomes a religious duty with geopolitical impact.Output: This project will produce one academic book on the material aspects of the sociopolitics of Orthodox Christianity, a book written for a general audience looking at key case studies around contemporary issues in Orthodoxy, six academic articles, white papers and policy advice on various issues relating to the health and wellbeing of Orthodox Christians and their homelands, and pamphlets written with stakeholder community leaders to help address social issues within the community settings.

目的：该项目询问“材料生态学在塑造全球正统观念的社会政治方面起着什么作用？”作为全球政治话语和材料在宗教社会动态中的作用的案例研究。影响力：东正教是基于话语的传统，但是很少有研究研究其运作方式的细节。专注于话语也倾向于过度强调单词和信念。但是，如果像马克斯·穆勒（Max Muller）一样，我们坚持认为宗教必须从所感知的东西开始，而不是从“信仰超自然”之类的概念开始呢？这意味着我们在概念和全球宗教团体的物质文化中都将诸如正统的话语传统等话语传统。这重塑了我们如何理解宗教的方式，并将宗教实践对健康，环境和地缘政治等体验的物质方面产生的影响。但是，有些时刻 - 例如2018年4月，乌克兰总统要求希腊族长干预乌克兰的俄罗斯教会 - 只能仅在地方生活的表达中才能研究宗教。乌克兰冲突之类的情况由于地方东正教教会之间的历史张力而变得复杂。在教会内部，教会和外部身体之间以及国家之间以及国家之间以及国家之间的政治张力的解释解释的分歧。话语的重要性必须被视为对传统形式和实践的核心。研究：根据三个研究领域的构建，该项目着重于全球正统社会殖民地的物质条件，在正统基督徒和宗教机构中进行了研究。该项目调查了材料生态学（包括身体，建筑环境和更广泛的“自然”秩序）的属性和负担，并在东正教教堂的话语中进行编码。这三个领域是身体，人和环境。身体领域解决了诸如IVF和器官捐赠之类的医疗干预措施等问题，这些问题在全球正统观念中都在不同程度上引起人们的争议。物质身体成为谈判道德商品的地方（例如延长生命，生育能力，尊敬上帝）。该人领域检查了许可的差异不同的教会赠款有关家庭和婚姻惯例的差异（例如离婚，计划生育）。身份政治也有一个越来越多的论述，一些声音促使人们采取开放的同性恋和女性神职人员的态度。人体，人和教会的材料被划定为历史上的，哲学上的前提和科学意义上的争论或反对“进步”运动的论据。最后，环境领域检查了人类，特定位置和整个地球之间的关系。东正教神学家着重强调“地球管理”，并呼吁积极参与生态保护。由于科学数据表明人类未能履行其作为看护人的作用，因此全球变暖等问题是明确的宗教当务之急。对土地的控制（包括克里米亚和耶路撒冷等地）也成为具有地缘政治影响的宗教义务。之外：该项目将制作一本关于正统基督教社会政治的物质方面的学术书籍，该书为一本书写成一本为普通观众而写的书，该书旨在研究围绕正统的人和六个学术文章和政策的关键案例研究，以及对正统的人和政策，以及他们的健康和政策，以及对他们的六个学术，及其与他们的政策相关的，或者是对他们的政策，以及良好的态度，以及与他们的健康相关，以及善于探讨，以及他们的健康，以及与他们有关的，以及与他们有关的，以及与他们的健康相关，以及善于探讨，以及与他们的健康相关，以及他们的健康和政策，以及涉及，以及涉及他们的各种问题，以及对正统的问题，以及对正统的问题进行研究与利益相关者社区领导者一起编写的小册子，以帮助解决社区环境中的社会问题。

项目成果

A technology of re-enchantment: reading, referencing, and redistributing Orthodox 'spiritual literature' in post-Yugoslav Serbia

重新魅惑的技术：阅读、引用和重新分发后南斯拉夫塞尔维亚的东正教“精神文学”

• DOI: 10.1080/0048721x.2023.2277020
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Religion
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Lackenby N

Orthodoxy in Serbia: between its public image and the everyday religiosity of its believers

塞尔维亚的东正教：公众形象与其信徒的日常宗教信仰之间

• DOI: 10.1080/1474225x.2022.2101829
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
• 影响因子: 0.1
• 作者: Aleksov B

Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies - Perspectives from UCL Anthropology

物质文化研究的谱系和进展——伦敦大学学院人类学的视角

• DOI: 10.4324/9781003085867
• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Carroll T

"Symphonia"? A New Patriarch Attempts to Redefine Church-State Relations in Serbia

“交响曲”？

• DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2023-0039
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Comparative Southeast European Studies
• 影响因子: 0.9
• 作者: Aleksov B

Apophatic love, contagion, and surveillance: Orthodox Christian responses to the global pandemic.

憎恶的爱、传染和监视：东正教对全球流行病的反应。

• DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2022.2080180
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Anthropology & medicine
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Carroll T