ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the possibility of the double inhabitation of two religious universes by analysing the three key terms – “dual,” “religious,” and “belonging.” The question of whether an individual can simultaneously inhabit two religious worldviews has been intensely debated in recent years from various philosophical, theological, and sociological standpoints. These debates are a product of several decades of global migrations, sociological movements, and intellectual shifts. The chapter argues that for a proper understanding of both the theological possibilities and the anthropological actualities of “dual religious belonging,” one needs to combine resources from these disciplinary matrices. While from a philosophical-theological perspective, “dual religious belonging” is conceptually incoherent, from some anthropological perspectives, it is “singular religious belonging” which could become – or perhaps has already become – existentially implausible across various locations in Western Europe and Anglo-American milieus. The chapter suggests that “dual religious belonging” cannot be defined, especially if we are looking for a definition involving necessary and sufficient conditions.
