What Islands Say

Authors

  • Roger Grainger Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v12i1.073

Keywords:

implicit religion

Abstract

“Whether one is conscious of it or not,” says Christy Newton, “the ever-present and inundating usual signs and symbols of the social world perform a socializing function, similar to performing routines reminding people who they are and where they are” (2009, 21). Nowhere is this more the case than with islands. An island focuses, concentrates, reminds, inspires; it brings us up short against the matter in hand. It is not surprising therefore that Prospero works his magic on an island. As Robinson Crusoe demonstrated, an island is a human cosmos waiting to be created …

Author Biography

  • Roger Grainger, Independent Scholar
    Independent Scholar

References

Berger, P. L. and T. Luckmann. 1967. The Social Construction of Reality. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Newton, C. 2006. “The Sin of Wal-Mart Architecture.” Submission for the Chan Prize in Religion and Architecture.

Pargament, K. 2007. Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy. New York: Guildford.

Scheff, T. J. 1979. Catharsis in Healing, Ritual and Drama. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Tillich, P. 1967. My Search for Absolutes. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Traherne, T. 1960. Centuries. Oxford: Faith Press.

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Published

2009-08-07

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Grainger, R. (2009). What Islands Say. Implicit Religion, 12(1), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v12i1.073