Strange Religion and the Need for Wittgensteinian Philosophy

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" Strange Religion and the Need for Wittgensteinian Philosophy "
Hermen Kroesbergen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083684
Doc. No	:	LA127313
Call No	:	‭10.1163/26836408-15020036‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hermen Kroesbergen
Title & Author	:	Strange Religion and the Need for Wittgensteinian Philosophy [Article]\ Hermen Kroesbergen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Utafiti
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	15/2
Page No	:	314–332
Abstract	:	Wittgensteinian philosophy is needed to make sense of the strange practices in neo-Pentecostal religion that have been in the news in recent years. Other philosophical approaches have argued that spirits and miracles are fake, or real, or reasonable; but this misses the important question of what kind of reality is at stake here. The Wittgensteinian practice of providing hints and reminders clarifies the kind of reality that is implied in a particular context on a deeper level. By introducing this ethnographically informed philosophical approach, it can be shown that the kind of reality involved in this strange religion is that of a response to experiences of a world full of contingency, uncertainty, and chance. Wittgensteinian philosophy is needed to make sense of the strange practices in neo-Pentecostal religion that have been in the news in recent years. Other philosophical approaches have argued that spirits and miracles are fake, or real, or reasonable; but this misses the important question of what kind of reality is at stake here. The Wittgensteinian practice of providing hints and reminders clarifies the kind of reality that is implied in a particular context on a deeper level. By introducing this ethnographically informed philosophical approach, it can be shown that the kind of reality involved in this strange religion is that of a response to experiences of a world full of contingency, uncertainty, and chance.
Descriptor	:	African Christianity
Descriptor	:	Ludwig Wittgenstein
Descriptor	:	Pentecostalism
Descriptor	:	spirit world
Descriptor	:	spiritual causality
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/26836408-15020036‬