Introduction:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Introduction: "
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Hannah Grünenthal

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082543
Doc. No	:	LA126172
Call No	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00703009‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hannah Grünenthal
	:	Kerstin Radde-Antweiler
Title & Author	:	Introduction: [Article] : Religious Authority: Ascribing Meaning to a Theoretical Term\ Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Hannah Grünenthal
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	7/3
Page No	:	368–380
Abstract	:	Critical voices in the press argue that with digital media religious authority is weakened or endangered. Moreover, not only the press, but also academic researchers are convinced that the way the construction of religious authority is changing is crucial because it is the base and the backbone of religious organizations and their structures and function. However, there is by no means consensus on the definition of the term authority. Not only religious actors, but researchers as well ascribe different meanings to academic terms such as authority. Therefore, we have to ask critically what actually authority is. In other words, what meaning is ascribed to the concept or term author by the different researchers in their respective disciplines? Based on these reflections, the aim of this report is to analyze how the term authority is 'filled' with meaning in the academic discourse.
Descriptor	:	authority
Descriptor	:	empty signifier
Descriptor	:	religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Descriptor	:	Weber
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00703009‬