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Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie

Year 2021, Issue: 56, 309 - 328, 31.12.2021

Abstract

Cinema functions as a rich data store for researchers in understanding and interpreting unique characteristic components of a society such as language, culture, tradition, religion, etc. The subject of this study is to question the realities of a multicultural social life with reference to PK movie. There is a set of problems such as what the basic motivations of religious groups are, whether a person could be independent of cultural/environmental factors, and how the theological and sociological perceptions of religion differentiate, etc. The aim of this paper is to trace the steps of the construction of social and religious reality experienced by an alien’s own consciousness. This study combines sociology of religion with cinema through a phenomenological approach. Everyday realities perceived through an alien by suspending stocks of knowledge (externalization) enable us to apply the phenomenological approach to the study. As a result, this alien tends toward the society as a stranger and contributes to criticize it objectively.

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Dinleri Paranteze Almak: PK Filmi Bağlamında Dinlerin Teolojik Kaynağı ve Sosyal İnşasının Fenomenolojik Bir Analizi

Year 2021, Issue: 56, 309 - 328, 31.12.2021

Abstract

Sinema, bir toplumun dil, kültür, gelenek, din vb. gibi benzersiz karakteristik bileşenlerini anlamada ve yorumlamada araştırmacılar için zengin bir veri deposu işlevi görür. Bu çalışmanın konusu, PK örneğinden yola çıkarak çok kültürlü bir sosyal yaşamın gerçeklerini sorgulamaktır. Çalışmada dini grupların temel motivasyonlarının neler olduğu, kişinin çevresel faktörlerden bağımsız olup olamayacağı, teolojik ve sosyolojik din algılarının nasıl farklılaştığı gibi bir dizi problem ele alınmaktadır. Makalenin amacı uzaylı bir karakterin bilinci ile tecrübe edilen toplumsal ve dini gerçekliğin inşasının adım adım izlenmesidir. Çalışma, din sosyolojisi ile sinema disiplinlerini fenomenolojik yaklaşım kullanmak suretiyle bir araya getirmektedir. Bilgi stoklarını askıya alarak (dışsallaştırma) bir uzaylı aracılığıyla algılanan gündelik gerçekler, çalışmaya fenomenolojik yaklaşımı uygulamamızı sağlamaktadır. Sonuç olarak ise, uzaylı karakter bir yabancı olarak topluma yönelir ve onu objektif bir şekilde eleştirmeye katkıda bulunur.

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  • Abrams, Meyer Howard. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005.
  • Akyüz, Niyazi - Çapçıoğlu, İhsan. Ana Başlıklarıyla Din Sosyolojisi. Ankara: Grafiker Publication, 2012.
  • Alver, Köksal. “Emile Durkheim ve Kültür Sosyolojisi”. İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi 3/21 (2010), 199- 210.
  • Berger, Peter Ludwig. Invitation to Sociology. New York: Anchor Books, 1963.
  • Berger, Peter Ludwig. The Sacred Canopy. New York: Open Road Integrated Media, 1966.
  • Berger, Peter Ludwig - Luckmann, Thomas. Modernity, Pluralism and the Crisis of Meaning. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers, 1995.
  • Bilici, Muhammed Veysel. “Hollywood Filmlerindeki Apokaliptik Temalar: Sinema, Popüler Kültür Ve Din”. Milel ve Nihal İnanç Kültür ve Mitoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi 4/2 (August 2007), 138-161.
  • Bordwell, David. Ozu and The Poetics of Cinema. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1988.
  • Diken, Bülent - Laustsen, Carsten Bagge. Filmlerle Sosyoloji. İstanbul: Metis Publication, 2008.
  • Durkheim, Emile. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. trans. K. E. Fields. New York: The Free Press, 1995.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Adapa”. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved July 20, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Adapa
  • Güçhan, Gülseren. “Sinema-Toplum Ilişkileri”. Kurgu Dergisi 12 (1993), 51-71.
  • Scripts. “PK”. Retrieved June 9, 2020. https://www.scripts.com/script/pk_15944
  • IMDb. “Plot”. Retrieved June 9, 2020. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2338151/plotsummary
  • Kimura, Daiji. “Anthropology of “First Contact””. Challenges of Space Anthropology 2014-2015 (2015), 45-49.
  • Kracauer, Siegfried. Theory of Film. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.
  • Lavenda, Robert H. - Schultz, Emily. A. Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010.
  • Otto, Rudolf. The Idea of the Holy. trans. John W. Harvey. London: Oxford University Press, 1936.
  • Schutz, Alfred. On Phenomenology and Social Relations. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1973.
  • Subaşı, Necdet. Din Sosyolojisine Giriş. İstanbul: Dem Publication, 2014.
  • Tarkovsky, Andrei. Sculpting in Time: Tarkovsky The Great Russian Filmaker Discusses His Art. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1989.
  • Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved July 20, 2020. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bereishit-genesis- chapter-1
  • Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved July 20, 2020. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bereishit-genesis- chapter-3
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  • Wallace, Ruth Ann - Wolf, Alison. Contemporary Sociological Theory. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 1995.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Religious Studies
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Ayşegül Türkeri 0000-0002-7976-6935

Bahset Karslı 0000-0002-6810-0900

Publication Date December 31, 2021
Submission Date September 11, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Issue: 56

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APA Türkeri, A., & Karslı, B. (2021). Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi(56), 309-328.
AMA Türkeri A, Karslı B. Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie. ilted. December 2021;(56):309-328.
Chicago Türkeri, Ayşegül, and Bahset Karslı. “Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, no. 56 (December 2021): 309-28.
EndNote Türkeri A, Karslı B (December 1, 2021) Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi 56 309–328.
IEEE A. Türkeri and B. Karslı, “Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie”, ilted, no. 56, pp. 309–328, December 2021.
ISNAD Türkeri, Ayşegül - Karslı, Bahset. “Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi 56 (December 2021), 309-328.
JAMA Türkeri A, Karslı B. Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie. ilted. 2021;:309–328.
MLA Türkeri, Ayşegül and Bahset Karslı. “Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie”. İlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi, no. 56, 2021, pp. 309-28.
Vancouver Türkeri A, Karslı B. Bracketing Religions: A Phenomenological Analysis of Theological Origin and Social Construction of Religions in the Context of PK Movie. ilted. 2021(56):309-28.