Toward equality

Including non-human animals in studies of lived religion and nonreligion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19002135
AutoresL G Beaman (0000-0002-0424-8586, University of Ottawa, Canada; Leipzig University, Germany), Lauren Strumos (0000-0002-8781-7077, University of Ottawa, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen71
Número3
Páginas406-424
Fecha de publicación2023-05-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00377686231170993
PMID39391855
OpenAlexW4378217251
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas51

This article explores how sociologists of religion can respond to 'the animal turn' in studies of lived religion and nonreligion. We begin by considering how sociology has neglected the place of non-human animals and the 'more than human' in social life. We then turn to the sociology of religion, where animals have often been devalued or ignored as irrelevant to understanding religion in society. We argue that it is necessary to consider the ways in which human activities are shaped by non-human animals. This does not mean that animals should be thought of as nonreligious or religious. We contend that the failure to incorporate non-human animals in sociological considerations of religion and nonreligion replicates a hierarchical model, which sees human life as above or higher than non-human life and calls our attention to the place of sociological research amid the climate crisis

Lived experience · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Psychology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics