RACISM AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: A PLEA FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE FIELD
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Renewing philosophy of religion today raises the question of how to overcome racism and epistemic violence toward non-Western philosophical–religious traditions. Concretely, this requires not only describing and including such traditions but more importantly recognizing that they can propose new philosophical and religious insights. This article discusses some recent approaches to the issue from both cross-cultural philosophy and environmental science in dialogue with Indigenous traditions. Overcoming racial prejudices through an endless co-production of knowledge, where each culture is expected to participate as a global witness to the uncertainty of all claims of cultural domination, is defended.
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