Beaman Lori G, Strumos Lauren
University of Ottawa, Canada; Leipzig University, Germany.
University of Ottawa, Canada.
Soc Compass. 2024 Sep;71(3):406-424. doi: 10.1177/00377686231170993. Epub 2023 May 25.
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.
本文探讨宗教社会学家如何回应宗教与非宗教生活研究中的“动物转向”。我们首先思考社会学如何忽视了非人类动物以及社会生活中“超人类”的地位。接着我们转向宗教社会学，在这一领域，动物常常被贬低或忽视，被认为与理解社会中的宗教无关。我们认为有必要考虑非人类动物塑造人类活动的方式。这并不意味着动物应被视为非宗教的或宗教的。我们认为，在宗教与非宗教的社会学思考中未能纳入非人类动物，这重复了一种等级模式，该模式将人类生活视为高于非人类生活，并促使我们关注气候危机背景下社会学研究的地位。
