bsteens.bsky.social
Sociology professor. Religion, culture, politics.
👤 Joined on 02 October 2023
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@bsteens.bsky.social"As religion is changing it also feeds back into some of the broader sort of destabilizing forces in the rest of our world." - Ruth Braunsein on #ReligionAnd
Show Post"In today's age and culture (different work lives) it is harder to do religious practices that are tied to space and place... I am also thinking a lot on how AI and tech have been involved and will be involved in our religious lives." - Jamie Kucinskas on #ReligionAnd
Show Post"Sacred is a helpful term for us to use to start thinking beyond traditional religious life, while also recognizing that religious life, for at least in American culture and many other cultures, becomes a template for how communities gather around a shared vision of the sacred." -Ruth Braunstein
Show Post"An over-reliance on the idea of the sacred can hide all the mundane stuff about religious life that is also really important. That actually doesn't sort of orient us toward these sort of grand visions, but involves bringing casseroles to people who are sick." - Ruth Braunstein on #ReligionAnd
Show Post"'Sacred' allows us to widen the tent so we can also be comparing people's experiences who deliberately leave the church and are spiritual but not religious because they're LGBTQ and have felt excluded or have religious trauma, etc." - Jamie Kucinskas on #ReligionAnd
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