Baker, Christopher. 2018. Resisting the Transcendent? The Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity, pp. 303-314. [Article]

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This essay tracks the oft-hidden acknowledgement by critical human geography of the significance of the transcendent as an ontological and imaginary concept that shapes the way that material and urban space is created. Despite a normative prescription against acknowledging the role of the transcendent—usually as a form of Marxist prohibition against recognizing the salience or religion and belief for modernity—I seek to show how an operant ‘transcendent’ tradition subverts and complexifies this normative position. The postsecular this becomes another way of describing this ambivalent and complex relationship that will become more entangled as the 21st century progresses, not less.

Item Type:	Article
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) > Faiths and Civil Society
Dates:	Date Event 1 February 2017 Accepted 15 November 2018 Published
Item ID:	24473
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2018 14:01
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2018 14:01
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/24473

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