10/07/2025 11:00
- 15:00
HALL: Lecture Hall 29
Proponent:
Gialousis C.,
Gialousis A.
Chair:
Gialousis C.,
Gialousis A.
Speaker:
Beerová K.,
Gialousis C.,
Gialousis A.
There is no culture without narration. Processes of socio-cultural, religious, economic, and political transformation clearly show, that what is regarded as rational is not solely grounded on facts- or reason-based inquiry. Rather, narratives take a large role in developing and maintaining specific understandings of the world, which in turn supply means for making sense of it. In this respect, narratives exert an immense social as well as performative power. When looking into religion, narrative is one of the key aspects of providing and maintaining tradition, the formation of organisational structures, and theological orientation - the holy scriptures serving as prime examples. While the relevance of narratives for cultural processes is widely acknowledged, and many disciplines besides narratology have incorporated concepts of narrative in their own approaches, its potential is still far from exhausted.
This panel aims to reflect on ways the fields of religious studies and theology can incorporate narrative as part of doing culture into specific desciplinary as well as transdisciplinary discourse. Presentations include the reciprocation of processes of collective and cultural memory and their shaping through religious narrative, as well as the situatedness of contemporary narratives as expressions of convictions in epistemological considerations. The panel invites contributions that explore the value narratives pose in the formation and establishment of religious groups, as well as ways, in which narratives result in the transformation of belief systems in different historical, social, and cultural contexts. Contributions from outside the fields of religious studies and theology are very welcome, as well.