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On Returning to Church: Practising Religion in a Neoliberal Age

Abstract

In 1999 I wrote an article ‘on leaving the church’ (Craske and Marsh 1999). In this article I revisit this theme having recently returned to church. I explore the themes that led to me leaving (the Christian contribution to the history of misogyny and the desire for liberation, coupled with the desire to have the freedom to think); themes which, paradoxically, are not dissimilar to the reasons behind my return. The paper engages with the reductionist functionalism of the dominant social and political paradigm of neoliberal consumerism, and engages with Michèle Le Doeuff’s claim that the framework provided by religion for life is attractive, precisely because it allows for uncertainty and a deep engagement with the realities of being human.

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Authors

Clack, Beverley

Oxford Brookes departments

Department of History, Philosophy and Culture

Dates

Year of publication: 2016
Date of RADAR deposit: 2020-07-14


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