An ecology of religiosity: re-emphasizing relationships between humans and nonhumans Tan, GG 2014, An ecology of religiosity: re-emphasizing relationships between humans and nonhumans, Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 307-328, doi: 10.1558/jsrnc.v8i3.307. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title An ecology of religiosity: re-emphasizing relationships between humans and nonhumans Author(s) Tan, GG orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-7474 Journal name Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture Volume number 8 Issue number 3 Start page 307 End page 328 Publisher Equinox Publishing Place of publication Sheffield, England Publication date 2014 ISSN 1749-4907 1749-4915 Keyword(s) Bateson Descola Ecology Human - Nonhuman relationships Nature/culture binary Relational ontologies Religiosity Summary A growing anthropological literature on how various groups of people relate with nonhuman Others has questioned the universality of the conceptual binary between Nature and Culture and, particularly, the usefulness of the concept of 'Nature' to an understanding of human - nonhuman relationships. In light of this, what then becomes of ecology? In particular, can we retain the crucial ecological notions of system and form while bypassing 'Nature'? Drawing on Gregory Bateson's ecology of mind, I suggest that this is possible as long as we focus on processes and relationships. Moreover, the kinds of processes and relationships that more clearly highlight this endeavor are those that are informed by religious thoughts and actions. I offer the term 'an ecology of religiosity' to outline how an overall focus on relationships may dissolve a priori distinctions between Nature and Culture while foregrounding the context in which relationships reshape themselves through religious forms. Language eng DOI 10.1558/jsrnc.v8i3.307 Field of Research 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology Socio Economic Objective 950403 Environmental Ethics HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Equinox Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30068853 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Alfred Deakin Research Institute 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 07 Jan 2015, 11:12:41 EST Thu, 08 Jan 2015, 04:00:49 EST Mon, 12 Jan 2015, 13:27:52 EST Fri, 16 Jan 2015, 05:06:35 EST Fri, 16 Jan 2015, 15:27:21 EST Fri, 16 Jan 2015, 15:27:57 EST Sat, 21 Apr 2018, 02:30:09 EST Wed, 06 Jun 2018, 13:38:57 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 252 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 07 Jan 2015, 11:12:41 EST

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