Talk On | An Anthropology of Nonreligion? w/ Mascha Schulz

In this episode, Christoph Brumann talks to Mascha Schulz about her research on non-religion in Bangladesh. They also discuss the special issue "An Anthropology of Nonreligion?", published in the Berghahn Journal "Religion and Society" and edited by Mascha and Stefan Binder. They cover topics such as why anthropology is a latecomer in non-religion studies but why the subject is no less important, forms of organised non-religion, and the Satanic temple.
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[@runenorderhaug7646]

One thing though i think we have to balance and question with embodied practices that are label based is the question of if its a marker of their own personhood versus is it a marker of their potentiol segregation. Are we as anthropologists fufilling that segregation or representing their mixed identies. Or as was pounted out at the begining showing the flows in and out of boty beyond a binary

[@TheRussificator]

We also need to study of non believers in Flying Spaghetti Monster. Who they are, what do they look like? What are their convictions and social status?

[@runenorderhaug7646]

This is a discussion i think has been important for anthropology to bring more to the table. Are they looking for grad student to help on this topic

[@danieljulian4676]

Non-religion is difficult to study because there's nothing to study. It's more appealing to study imitations of religious communities, IOW, people who get together specifically not to be religious or faith-affirming.
One can live one's life specifically aimed at not being religious, but these are usually people who have lapsed from a faith in which they were raised pre-adulthood. Imitating religion is not beneficial.

[@user-nk9lz9kk7u]

ni'cenice

[@macdougdoug]

Socrates, is he a non-religious anthropologicall artifact?

[@calibandrive7487]

We know Socrates mostly through the writings of Plato, and the ideas of Plato became 'religiousified' in the late Hellenistic and Roman eras as so-called "Neo-Platonism", which in turn had a strong influence on the subsequent development of Abrahamic theologies.

[@macdougdoug]

@@calibandrive7487 Ah well, religious eyes see religious things - Are you referring to "platonic forms"?