Religion, the sacred and changing cultures of everyday life

宗教，日常生活中神圣且不断变化的文化

• 批准号: AH/F01757X/1
• 负责人: Gordon Lynch
• 金额: $ 3.9万
• 依托单位: Birkbeck, University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FF01757X%2F1
• 关键词: Religion; sacred; changing; cultures; everyday

In recent decades, developed societies have been transformed by the rise of consumer culture and the expansion of existing and new forms of media. These changes to the landscapes of people's everyday lives have also had a significant effect on contemporary forms of religion. Religious identities and lifestyles are now pursued through buying books, CD's, pictures, material objects and other services that have some religious or spiritual meaning. Films and TV shows increasingly provide a vocabulary through which people express their religious beliefs and identities. At the same time, religious images become the subject of ironic spoofs from plastic toys and t-shirts to TV comedy shows (and this itself can become a heated focus for religious protest). Religious groups are themselves more engaged in various forms of media. Religious websites and cable TV shows offer entertainment and discussion of current affairs from the perspective of particular religious ideologies. Mainstream, commercial media has also been appropriated in innovative ways by religious groups - from the use of clips from the film 'The Matrix' in Christian worship services to the use of rap music as a means of communicating Islamic beliefs and concerns. The expanding role of various media is also affecting the kinds of religious communities and rituals that people engage in. The internet has made possible a new generation of global religious networks with which some believers have a much stronger sense of identification than their own local social or religious communities. The ability of such new media to enable people with similar religious ideologies to organise and act together is also putting new strain on traditional religious institutions, as religious conservatives and progressives across different traditions face each other down over a range of social, theological and cultural issues.Understanding these emerging forms of religion in relation to the changing landscape of everyday life is an urgent task. Many established theoretical understandings of religion pre-date these contemporary cultural changes, and it is important to think again about how religion and the sacred function in contemporary societies. Learning about how religion is adapting to the cultural conditions of late modernity is of interest not only to academic researchers, but to media professionals, policy-makers and the wider public as they try to make sense of the resurgence of religion in contemporary public life. Faith communities also have an important stake in this area of study as it can be an invaluable resource for helping them to reflect on their relationship with their contemporary cultural context.This proposed research network will bring together experts in religion and contemporary culture from across Britain and the United States, and as such reflects the priorities of the AHRC's current international strategy. It will provide a unique opportunity for people who have undertaken leading research in this field to discuss their ideas in a small group, and to develop new questions and insights into how we can understand religion in the changing landscape of everyday life. The aim of this network is to layer together some of the key debates in this field to generate more complex theoretical analysis of contemporary forms of religion. It will also take time to examine important ethical questions about how we approach issues of religion and the sacred in relation to media and popular culture, in ways that can help to promote healthy, diverse and respectful societies.

近几十年来，消费文化的兴起以及现有和新媒体形式的扩大改变了发达社会。人们日常生活环境的这些变化也对当代宗教形式产生了重大影响。现在人们通过购买具有宗教或精神意义的书籍、CD、图片、实物和其他服务来追求宗教身份和生活方式。电影和电视节目越来越多地为人们表达自己的宗教信仰和身份提供了词汇。与此同时，从塑料玩具和t恤到电视喜剧节目，宗教形象成为讽刺性恶搞的主题（这本身就可能成为宗教抗议的热点）。宗教团体本身也更多地参与各种形式的媒体。宗教网站和有线电视节目从特定宗教意识形态的角度提供娱乐和时事讨论。主流商业媒体也被宗教团体以创新的方式挪用——从在基督教礼拜仪式中使用电影《黑客帝国》的片段，到使用说唱音乐作为交流伊斯兰信仰和关切的手段。各种媒体不断扩大的作用也影响着人们参与的宗教团体和仪式的种类。互联网使新一代的全球宗教网络成为可能，其中一些信徒比他们自己当地的社会或宗教团体有更强烈的认同感。这种新媒体使具有相似宗教意识形态的人能够组织起来并共同行动，这也给传统宗教机构带来了新的压力，因为不同传统的宗教保守派和进步派在一系列社会、神学和文化问题上相互对抗。理解这些新兴的宗教形式与日常生活变化的关系是一项紧迫的任务。许多对宗教的理论理解早于这些当代文化变化，重新思考宗教和神圣在当代社会中的作用是很重要的。了解宗教如何适应晚期现代性的文化条件不仅是学术研究人员感兴趣的，也是媒体专业人士、政策制定者和更广泛的公众感兴趣的，因为他们试图理解宗教在当代公共生活中的复兴。宗教团体在这一研究领域也有重要的利害关系，因为它可以成为帮助他们反思自己与当代文化背景关系的宝贵资源。这个拟议的研究网络将汇集来自英国和美国各地的宗教和当代文化专家，因此反映了人权委员会当前国际战略的优先事项。它将为在这一领域进行领先研究的人们提供一个独特的机会，让他们在一个小组中讨论他们的想法，并就我们如何在不断变化的日常生活中理解宗教提出新的问题和见解。这个网络的目的是将这一领域的一些关键辩论结合起来，对当代宗教形式进行更复杂的理论分析。我们还需要时间来审查有关我们如何处理与媒体和流行文化有关的宗教和神圣问题的重要伦理问题，以有助于促进健康、多样化和相互尊重的社会。

项目成果

What can we learn from the mediatisation of religion debate?

我们可以从宗教辩论的媒体化中学到什么？

• DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2011.579714
• 发表时间: 2011
• 期刊: Culture and Religion
• 作者: Lynch G

The mediatisation of religion debate: An introduction

宗教辩论的媒体化：简介

• DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2011.579715
• 发表时间: 2011
• 期刊: Culture and Religion
• 作者: Lövheim M

The Mediatisation of Religion Debate (edited journal special issue)

宗教辩论的媒介化（编辑期刊特刊）

• 发表时间: 2011
• 作者: Lynch, G.