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  • 1
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    Playing the Other: Role-playing religion in videogames
    SAGE Publications ; 2019
    In:  European Journal of Cultural Studies Vol. 22, No. 5-6 ( 2019-10), p. 867-884
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    In: European Journal of Cultural Studies, SAGE Publications, Vol. 22, No. 5-6 ( 2019-10), p. 867-884
    Abstract: In contemporary ‘post-secular society’, videogames like Assassin’s Creed, BioShock Infinite or World of Warcraft are suffused with religious elements. Departing from a critique on studies perceiving such in-game representations as discriminatory forms of religious Othering, the main research question of this article is: how does role-playing the (non-)religious Other in games affect the worldview of players? The study is based on a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews held with 20 international players from different (non-)religious backgrounds. Rather than seeing religion in games as representations of ‘Othering’, the analysis demonstrates that players from different (non-)religious beliefs take on different worldviews while role-playing the (non-)religious Other. Atheists relativize their own position, opening up to the logic of religious worldviews; Christians, Hindus and Muslims, in turn, compare traditions and may draw conclusions about the similarities underlying different world religions. Other players ‘slip into a secular mindset’, gradually turning towards the position of a ‘religious none’. It is concluded that playing the religious Other in videogames provides the opportunity to suspend (non-)religious worldviews and empathize with the (non-)religious Other. The relevance of these findings is related to broader sociological debates about ‘post-secular society’ and the alleged increase of religious fundamentalism, conflict and mutual Othering.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1367-5494 , 1460-3551
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1367549418790454
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2019
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    Christian-Muslim couples in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy: Dealing with religious pluralism in everyday family life
    SAGE Publications ; 2015
    In:  Social Compass Vol. 62, No. 1 ( 2015-03), p. 43-60
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    In: Social Compass, SAGE Publications, Vol. 62, No. 1 ( 2015-03), p. 43-60
    Abstract: Based on a three-year ethnographic study of processes of identity construction in 15 Christian-Muslim couples in Italy, this paper focuses on religion and analyses how partners rely on various strategies in order to deal with religious differences within the context of family life. Does religious pluralism emerge as a problem actually perceived by those couples? Chosen as a paradigmatic case study of ‘mixed’ couples, the analysis shows how partners, united by a common purpose to minimize their religious differences, often overcome religious pluralism. Four strategies to accomplish this are distinguished: ‘renunciation’, ‘closeting’, ‘conversion’ and ‘spiritualization’. It is concluded that what is defined in public debate as ‘mixed’ – in terms of religious differences – is not always experienced as such within the family context.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0037-7686 , 1461-7404
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0037768614561151
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    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2015
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    ‘Ik ben geen complotdenker’
    Stichting Tijdschrift Sociologie ; 2018
    In:  Sociologie Vol. 13, No. 2 ( 2018-08-01), p. 133-163
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    In: Sociologie, Stichting Tijdschrift Sociologie, Vol. 13, No. 2 ( 2018-08-01), p. 133-163
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1574-3314
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.5117/SOC2017.2/3.001.HARA
    Language: English
    Publisher: Stichting Tijdschrift Sociologie
    Publication Date: 2018
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    The naked truth: mindfulness and the purification of religion
    Informa UK Limited ; 2018
    In:  Journal of Contemporary Religion Vol. 33, No. 2 ( 2018-05-04), p. 303-317
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    In: Journal of Contemporary Religion, Informa UK Limited, Vol. 33, No. 2 ( 2018-05-04), p. 303-317
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1353-7903 , 1469-9419
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2018.1469276
    Language: English
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Becoming politically discontented: Anti-establishment careers of Dutch nonvoters and PVV voters
    SAGE Publications ; 2016
    In:  Current Sociology Vol. 64, No. 5 ( 2016-09), p. 757-774
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    In: Current Sociology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 64, No. 5 ( 2016-09), p. 757-774
    Abstract: Popular political discontent has become increasingly salient in western countries in recent decades, as can be witnessed by the rise of populist anti-establishment parties, nonvoting and increasing distrust in politics. However, these phenomena have predominantly been treated as ‘democracy’s deviants’, neglecting the perspectives of the people concerned. Taking an inductive approach, this article examines how ordinary citizens come to turn away from established politics. Drawing on in-depth interviews with politically discontented Dutch nonvoters and PVV voters, the article develops a three-stage ‘anti-establishment career’ – ‘introduction’, ‘validation’ and ‘consolidation’ – through which their conceptions of politics gradually change. This deviant career model takes into account the dynamics and agency involved in the process, in contrast to conceptions of discontented citizens as utterly passive and anomic. The article concludes by arguing for more cultural-sociological sensitivity in the use of concepts referring to social-political action.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0011-3921 , 1461-7064
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0011392115609651
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    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2016
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    ‘Gods in World of Warcraft exist’: Religious reflexivity and the quest for meaning in online computer games
    SAGE Publications ; 2017
    In:  New Media & Society Vol. 19, No. 11 ( 2017-11), p. 1744-1760
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    In: New Media & Society, SAGE Publications, Vol. 19, No. 11 ( 2017-11), p. 1744-1760
    Abstract: In ‘secular’ Western societies, religious topics permeate media texts of books, films, series and games and such texts even inform several religious-spiritual movements. Critically expanding on theories about ‘fiction-based religion’, ‘invented religion’ or ‘hyper-real religion’, this article studies if, how and why players of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft reflect on religious narratives in the game world and what influence it has on their personal perspective on religion. Based on interviews with 22 international players, three forms of ‘religious reflexivity’ are distinguished: (1) religious performance, an acting out of offline experiences with religion through online role-playing; (2) religious relativism, a shift from dogmatic atheism to a tolerant attitude towards religion; and (3) religious quests, an increased interest in religion and active ‘bricolage’ of online religion and official religion to create personal systems of meaning. Online games, it is concluded, can serve as laboratories where youngsters freely experiment with religion outside the established churches.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1461-4448 , 1461-7315
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1461444816642421
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    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2017
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    Contesting epistemic authority: Conspiracy theories on the boundaries of science
    SAGE Publications ; 2015
    In:  Public Understanding of Science Vol. 24, No. 4 ( 2015-05), p. 466-480
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    In: Public Understanding of Science, SAGE Publications, Vol. 24, No. 4 ( 2015-05), p. 466-480
    Abstract: Conspiracy theories are immensely popular today, yet in the social sciences they are often dismissed as “irrational,” “bad science,” or “religious belief.” In this study, we take a cultural sociological approach and argue that this persistent disqualification is a form of “boundary work” that obscures rather than clarifies how and why conspiracy theorists challenge the epistemic authority of science. Based on a qualitative study of the Dutch conspiracy milieu, we distinguish three critiques that are motivated by encounters with scientific experts in everyday life: the alleged dogmatism of modern science, the intimate relation of scientific knowledge production with vested interests, and the exclusion of lay knowledge by scientific experts forming a global “power elite.” Given their critique that resonates with social scientific understandings of science, it is concluded that conspiracy theorists compete with (social) scientists in complex battles for epistemic authority in a broader field of knowledge contestation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0963-6625 , 1361-6609
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0963662514559891
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2015
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    ‘I Am Not a Conspiracy Theorist’: Relational Identifications in the Dutch Conspiracy Milieu
    SAGE Publications ; 2017
    In:  Cultural Sociology Vol. 11, No. 1 ( 2017-03), p. 113-129
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    In: Cultural Sociology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 11, No. 1 ( 2017-03), p. 113-129
    Abstract: Despite their popularity and normalization, the public image of conspiracy theory remains morally tainted. Academics contribute by conceiving of conspiracy theorists as a coherent collective: internal variety is sacrificed for a clear external demarcation. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands, we explore variation in the conspiracy milieu through people’s own self-understanding. More particularly, we study how these people identify with and distinguish themselves from others. The analysis shows that they actively resist their stigmatization as ‘conspiracy theorists’ by distinguishing themselves from the mainstream as ‘critical freethinkers’. The trope ‘I am not a conspiracy theorist’ is used to reclaim rationality by labelling others within the conspiracy milieu the ‘real’ conspiracy theorists. Secondly, their ideas of self and other make three groups apparent: ‘activists’, ‘retreaters’ and ‘mediators’. Conspiracy culture, we conclude, is not one monolithic whole, but rather a network of different groups of people, identifying with different worldviews, beliefs, and practices.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1749-9755 , 1749-9763
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1749975516661959
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2017
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    ‘Things Greater than Thou’: Post-Apocalyptic Religion in Games
    MDPI AG ; 2018
    In:  Religions Vol. 9, No. 6 ( 2018-05-23), p. 169-
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    In: Religions, MDPI AG, Vol. 9, No. 6 ( 2018-05-23), p. 169-
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2077-1444
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/rel9060169
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Staat van ongenade: politiek onbehagen over de Nederlandse staat in de jaren 2000
    Koninklijke Boom uitgevers ; 2016
    In:  Res Publica Vol. 58, No. 4 ( 2016-10), p. 513-515
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    In: Res Publica, Koninklijke Boom uitgevers, Vol. 58, No. 4 ( 2016-10), p. 513-515
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0486-4700
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.5553/RP/048647002016058004008
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Koninklijke Boom uitgevers
    Publication Date: 2016
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