Religion in the Light of Anthropology
The author first shows that in contemporary society there are two forms of religious sensibility. The first is based on subtraction and differentiation and tends to become dogmatic at the frontiers of its conceptions. The second is based on multiplying the forms of mediation of the sacred and brings together believers from different religious horizons. Then he analyses the concept of community; in so doing he analyses the relations between the religious and the body, health and illness. Following this, he wonders to what extent the anthropological concepts of “exit”, “return” and “recomposition” are pertinent for the analysis of religious phenomena. He finally proposes to rethink microscopic processes which are in constant flux, no longer as systems of signs, but rather in terms of the tension of rythm.