1. On Learning Religion: An Introduction

Berliner, David C.; Sarró, Ramon

doi:10.1515/9781782382133-002

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“…Drawing on earlier work on ideologic al transmission and learning conducted with Lee (Lee and Knott 2016, 2018, 2021Knott and Lee 2020), my understanding of learning -and as a con-sequence unlearning -is social and situated, following Albert Bandura (1971), Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991) and Wenger (1998). 1 However, it is also informed by the work of scholars familiar with learning in religious and spiritual contexts, notably David Berliner and Ramon Sarró (2007) on anthropological approaches to religious learning, Jonathan Scourfield and his colleagues (2013) on embodied religious socialization, Philip Mellor and Chris Shilling (2010), Daan Beekers (2015) and Juliette Galonnier and Diego de los Rios (2016) on religious habitus and embodied pedagogies, and Karsten Hundeide (2003), Michael Kenney (2017) and M. Crone (2016) on ideological learning in extremist communities of practice. 2 None of these authors addresses the question of "unlearning".…”

Section: Learning and Unlearning In Organizational Studies And The St...mentioning

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Can a case be made for “unlearning” in the study of religions?

Knott

2024

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The concept of “unlearning” has been positively endorsed in both self-help literature and organizational research, but has yet to be discussed in the study of religions. Is there room for it in the conceptual space of religious socialization, pedagogy and spiritual seeking? Where does it occur in the spiritual journey, and what is its purpose? From the perspective of social learning, and drawing on a definition and model from organizational studies, the case for “unlearning” is considered with reference to those leaving religion. Addressing research gaps identified by organizational-studies scholars, I consider how leavers experience the process of freeing themselves from previously held beliefs, practices and commitments. What is revealed is an iterative and emotionally fraught process in which even voluntary religious leavers struggle to move on, often feeling powerless, even coerced by others. Whilst there is a broad fit between the basic process model of unlearning and what leavers experience, that is not the full story. Furthermore, questions remain about whether “unlearning” is a necessary or suitable concept, not least because it is rarely used by scholars of religion or practitioners themselves, all of whom prefer other terms.

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Section: Learning and Unlearning In Organizational Studies And The St...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Can a case be made for “unlearning” in the study of religions?

Knott

2024

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“…Toinen, osin aiemman tutkimuksen tuottama havainto liittyy siihen, että uskonto-ja katsomusperinteetkin välittyvät formaalimman tai informaalimman oppimisen kautta (esim. Berliner & Sarró, 2008). Oman perinteen siirtäminen toteutetaan esimerkiksi pyhäkoulun, rippikoulun tai katsomusopetuksen kaltaisin keinoin, joiden kautta opitaan tärkeinä pidettyjä kulttuurisia välineitä ja niiden käyttöä.…”

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Katsomukset ja kulttuuriset työkalut modernin elämän palapelissä

Utriainen

2023

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Religion and other views of life are often studied by applying the notions of identity and worldview. My article offers to supplement these perspectives by that of cultural tools. Pluralistic societies afford multiple cultural tools with which individuals and groups can try to adjust their position and enhance their possibilities of action in the midst of the often precarious and rapidly changing situations of modern life. Both scientific and religious, or “spiritual”, tools are available, and they may be flexibly applied and, also, combined in different ways. I reflect on the question of cultural tools drawing from the recent research conducted by my colleagues as well as by myself on the following three subject areas: Esoteric beliefs and practices in the shadow of mainstream religion, transforming rituals of death, and the interest in learning from new kinds of religion and spirituality.

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“…Ces variations jouent-elles un rôle dans le degré d'appropriation du rite ou de ralliement aux « croyances » ? Explorer l'intentionnalité des enfants peut nourrir la ré exion sur l'adhésion et la conversion, sur le plan non seulement sociologique, mais aussi a ectif (Berliner & Sarró 2007). L'examen du rapport des enfants au respect des règles des rites pour leur e cacité supposée s'inscrit dans cette même perspective (Delalande 2007 : 63).…”

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