Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between religion and violence from a phenomenological point of view. In the context of the so-called "return of the religious" and the crisis of contemporary social imaginaries, it deals with the supposedly disruptive and liberating potentials of religion in general, and religious violence in particular. The discussion revolves around the concept of "verticality" as developed by A. Steinbock and offers a generative interpretation of verticality's liberating and transformative potentials. The paper proceeds to demonstrate how religion and violence are interrelated on a variety of levels. In conclusion the author argues that we need to understand the relationship between religion and violence in terms of its contingent actualization and display but must avoid pitting it down as an essential feqture of religious systems of knowledge and practice.
Highlights
In this paper, I will examine the intricate relationship between religion and violence with a view to its spectacular articulation in contemporary society
In order to do so, I propose to turn to Anthony Steinbock’s work and will draw especially on his conception of verticality. To bring this concept to bear on the problematic at hand, I will evaluate its capacity to consider the specific verticality of “religious experience” and “religious violence” respectively
To think through these potentials, it will be of paramount importance to give an account of the religious articulation of verticality and to consider its distinction from other types of vertical experiences
Summary
I will examine the intricate relationship between religion and violence with a view to its spectacular articulation in contemporary society.
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