Rota, Andrea (2019). Religion, Media, and Joint Commitment. Jehovah’s Witnesses as a ‘Plural Subject’. ONLINE – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 14, pp. 79-107. Institut für Religionswissenschaft Heidelberg 10.17885/heiup.rel.2019.0.23949
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Drawing on the example of Jehovah’s Witnesses, in this contribution I will explore the role of media in the production of religious commitment. I will argue that, while providing important insights into the relationship between media interpretation and media use, the popular concept of ‘religious-social shaping of technology’ (Campbell) risks producing an excessively uniform picture of an interpretive community. To outline a more dynamic conception of religious communities, I will introduce a theoretical framework derived from the emerging philosophical fields of collective intentionality and social ontology. In particular, I will draw on the philosopher Margaret Gilbert’s work on ‘joint intentions’ and sketch a frame for the analysis of Jehovah’s Witnesses, in their relationship with media and the Watch Tower Society, as parties in a ‘plural subject’.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute for the Science of Religion |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rota, Andrea |
Subjects: |
200 Religion |
ISSN: |
1861-5813 |
Publisher: |
Institut für Religionswissenschaft Heidelberg |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Agnieszka Maria Szymczyk |
Date Deposited: |
31 Mar 2020 08:58 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:36 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.17885/heiup.rel.2019.0.23949 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.140020 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/140020 |
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