Contesting empire religion: coloniality and sticky media discourses

IF 0.3 0 RELIGION Culture and Religion Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI:10.1080/14755610.2023.2255305
Enqi Weng
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ABSTRACTThe concept of religion in settler-colonial Australia is intricately intertwined with whiteness and Christianity and introduced during colonisation. Its influence is evident not only in its integration into Australian society but also in the exclusionary measures within religious communities. Due to Australia’s colonial history, ‘religion’ is often narrowly interpreted, with a conservative, moralistic lens influenced by Eurocentric perspectives. This interpretation tends to have an affective ‘sticky’ dimension that generates significant media discussion. This paper examines the prevalence of ‘empire religion’ in media discourses, and aims to uncover and critique the presence of coloniality in discussions about religion. By adopting a decolonial lens to explore Australian religions and spirituality, this paper argues that sticky media discourses on religion can be seen as reverbs of Australia’s ‘colonial wound’. These reverbs collectively serve as an active resistance and deconstruction of coloniality, urging for greater truth-telling, healing, and a more comprehensive understanding of Australian religions and spirituality.KEYWORDS: Media discoursesaffective discoursesdecolonisingrace and religion AcknowledgementsAn earlier draft of this manuscript was first presented at the Australian Association for the Study of Religion Conference in December 2021. I wish to thank the two reviewers for their comments to improve on this paper. I am also grateful to Dr Steven Tomlins and Andrew Stapleton for their support in proofreading and editing earlier drafts of this manuscript.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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帝国宗教之争:殖民主义与粘性媒体话语
【摘要】澳大利亚移民殖民时期的宗教概念与白人和基督教有着错综复杂的关系,并在殖民时期被引入。它的影响不仅体现在融入澳大利亚社会上,而且体现在宗教团体内部的排斥措施上。由于澳大利亚的殖民历史,“宗教”经常被狭隘地解释,受到欧洲中心观点的影响,带有保守的、道德主义的视角。这种解释往往具有情感上的“粘性”维度,从而产生重要的媒体讨论。本文考察了媒体话语中“帝国宗教”的盛行,旨在揭示和批判宗教讨论中殖民主义的存在。通过采用非殖民化的镜头来探索澳大利亚的宗教和精神,本文认为,关于宗教的粘性媒体话语可以被视为澳大利亚“殖民伤口”的回响。这些回响共同成为对殖民主义的积极抵抗和解构,敦促人们更大程度地讲述真相、治愈创伤,并更全面地了解澳大利亚的宗教和精神。关键词:媒体话语;情感话语;非殖民化;;;;;感谢两位审稿人对本文的改进提出的意见。我还要感谢Steven Tomlins博士和Andrew Stapleton博士对本文早期草稿的校对和编辑提供的支持。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。
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