On Canaries, Icebergs and the public sphere. The pragmatic compromise of religious pluralism.

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dc.contributor.authorGrimshaw, M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T01:33:49Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T01:33:49Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2023-06-27T02:28:37Z
dc.description.abstractThe return of religion in western society has resulted in the expression of what is often termed post secular socio-politics, closely linked to increasingly pluralistic societies that result from globalization. While the public sphere has, in the West, tended to follow a ‘WASP’- derived model of post-Westphalian secular public sphere and the privatization of religion, this model is increasingly under critique and complaint. How might pluralism and the expression of religion be re-thought and re-encountered? This paper, engaging with the work of Ulrich Beck (2004) on “realistic cosmopolitanism” argues for a more localised, urbanised approach and understanding. The public sphere is actually a series of everyday pragmatic engagements and experiences that require a more nuanced evaluation. Critiquing the utopian agendas of much cosmopolitan theory, this paper asks two questions: Firstly, what can the return of religion tell us about late modern society? Secondly, what changes may be necessary to re-engage (with) pluralistic public spheres – and societies? Arising in response to the increasing discussion and debate as how societies can seek to engage with growing religious pluralism, using the central metaphors of ‘the iceberg’ and ‘the canary’ as hermeneutic tools, undertaken within a wider Taubesean hermeneutical reading, it argues for a rethought, pragmatic cosmopolitics that is intermestic; that is, both international and domestic in focus and response.
dc.identifier.citationGrimshaw M (2023). On Canaries, Icebergs and the public sphere. The pragmatic compromise of religious pluralism.. Khazanah Theologia. 15(1). 71-86.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.15575/kt.v5i1.20508
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/107588
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stated
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectBruno Latour
dc.subjectcosmopolitanism
dc.subjectDavid Held
dc.subjectdiversity
dc.subjectreligious pluralism
dc.subjectsecular space
dc.subjectUlrich Beck
dc.subject.anzsrc44 - Human society::4410 - Sociology
dc.titleOn Canaries, Icebergs and the public sphere. The pragmatic compromise of religious pluralism.
dc.typeJournal Article
uc.collegeFaculty of Arts
uc.departmentLanguage, Social and Political Sciences
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