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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969
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A Pilgrimage Within
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Ingår i: Journal of Contemporary Religion. - 1353-7903. ; 22:2, s. 235-251
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After the State Church. A Reflection on the Relation between Theology and Religious Studies in Contemporary Sweden
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Ingår i: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies. - 1583-0039. ; 10:29, s. 43-63
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- When the Church of Sweden ceased to be a state church in the year 2000, the parameters for a change in the relation between academic theology and religious studies (religionsvetenskap) at the state universities in Sweden was in place. My article, which is intended as a contribution to the sometimes unnecessarily agonistic discussion following the sharp critique levelled by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) in 2008, focuses on two basic oppositions underlying the present discourse, namely the tension between the expectation of economic utility and the ideal of a free search for knowledge; and that between, on the one hand, confessional neutrality and, on the other hand, the education of priests and pastors. As a conclusion, I suggest a way forward in three points: 1. The education of priests for the Church of Sweden must change as a result of the abandonment of the state church system. 2. At the same time, the state system should nurture a more positive attitude toward theological reflections developed at nongovernmental university colleges. 3. Thirdly, the interrelationship between secular religious studies at state universities and the tradition specific theologies developed at private university colleges could be essential for the balancing of the demand of economic utility and the principle of academic freedom as it concerns religious studies.
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969
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Apokalyptik 2012
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Ingår i: Föreningen Lärare i Religionskunskap Årsbok 2012, Religion & populärkultur. - 0348-8918. ; 44, s. 9-15
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969
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Applied Religious Studies
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Ingår i: Religionens varp och trasor: En festskrift till Åke Sander / Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson & Ferdinando Sardella (red.). - Göteborg : Institutionen för Literatur, Idéhistoria och Religion, Göteborgs universitet. - 9789188348791
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- The self-understanding of religious studies has since its inception in the late 19th century been marked by a demarcation in relation to Christian theology, which constitutes its significant Other. The ‘scientific’ study of religion according to this view seeks knowledge about religion based upon empirical facts and abstains from value judgements and metaphysical discussions regarding religious beliefs and practices. The study of religion is, then, foremost an activity of the theoretical reason, leaving to extra-academic contexts, such as politics, the application of scholarly knowledge. However, this self-understanding of the discipline has been undermined by postmodern criticism, emancipatory agendas, the increased public visibility of religion and the pressure of usefulness exerted on academic disciplines. In the following, four versions of applied religious studies will be very shortly outlined in order to provide a starting point for a discussion of this development toward practical application; namely: the modernist position, the postmodern, the monetary utilitarian and that of human rights and natural law. These have been designed as Weberian ideal types and not as detailed representations of the actual positions of individual researchers. With this overview, I want to open the floor for a rethinking of religious studies that takes its practical application seriously.
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969
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Att studera religion i Indien
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Ingår i: Signum. - 0347-0423. ; :5, s. 37-42
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969
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Catholic Identity and the Year of Faith
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Ingår i: Seat of Wisdom: A Theological and Pastoral Journal. - 2154-8757. ; 6, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The question of Catholic Identity became a central part of the year of faith through Benedict XVI’s request in Porta Fidei of a public confession of faith on the part of the individual Catholics and Catholic organizations. This call to public witness constitutes a challenge toward contemporary trends of secularization in the Western world, which rest upon a growing distance between the dominant late modern culture and a traditional Christian ethos. To make sense of the present situation, we need to connect the demand of a new explicitness of faith with the forces of globalization that radically transform the societies in which such a confession is to take place. The main argument of the article is that the emerging globalized world society constitutes a new opportunity for the Catholic Church to realize the universality inherent in the notion of catholicity. Further, it will be shown that the hermeneutics of ecclesial continuity interpreted as a form of organic growth will be vital for such a development.
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969, et al.
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Changing views at Banaras Hindu University on the Academic Study of Religion: A first report from an on-going research project
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Ingår i: Argument. - 2083-6635 .- 2084-1043. ; 6:1, s. 107-142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Given India’s vibrant religious landscape, there is a somewhat surprising paucity of depart‐ ments, centres or even programs for the academic study of religion. This article discusses this issue based on the preliminary results of an interview study conducted at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2014 and 20 Its focus is on the views of university teachers and researchers concerning the place, role and function of religion and religious stud‐ ies at BHU. Twenty‐eight semi‐structured interviews were conducted. In the course of their analysis, six themes emerged: 1) the place and role of religion in society; 2) religion as ‘religi‐ osity/spirituality’ or sanatana dharma vs. political ideology/communitarianism; 3) religion vs. dharma; 4) secularization; 5) religion in education in general; and, 6) religion in the education at BHU. The informants agreed on the increasing importance of religion in India, and most of them viewed the meaning of secularization as being ‘equal respect for all religions’. Moreover, a majority distinguished between ‘religion’, in the Western sense, and the Indian conception of dharma, considering it regrettable that the latter, described as the common ground of all reli‐ gions, is not taught more extensively at BHU. They also considered the original ideal of BHU’s founder, Madan Mohan Malaviya, to be of signi cant importance. That ideal involved not only teaching students the knowledge and skill sets found in a standard modern university, but also equipping them with a value‐based education, grounded upon sanatana‐dharma. As our project progresses, further understanding of this turn toward dharma education is something we intend to pursue through the lens of multiple modernities, developed by Marian Burchardt et al. as multiple secularities.
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