@unherd @YehudahMirsky Eine Schicksalsgemeinschaft. "Hitler is therefore old-style and can divert us from seeing through the mask worn by the demonic today, and tomorrow." - James Hillman
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Religions die hard. They promise something better, something truer, more powerful and lasting than our familiar cruelties, corruptions and deaths. Their traditions take shape over time; they develop rituals, build communities, give life order and meaning, and at their best bring forth genuine prophets and authentic saints. But eventually, the very things that keep religion going become their own idolatries, giving demonic cover for the very same cruelty and corruption religion sought to combat.
@johnmilbank3 The syndrome, global and deepening. As, a fix. A revolutionary renewal in the ontological status of humanity and our world arises not as a domestic political or religious category, but as a planetary movement transcending nationalist cultural and religious imaginaries and limits.
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Copy of tweet and reply: Nils Gilman “The history of ideas is facing a challenge similar to that confronted by social anthropology a quarter of a century ago: It needs to reject the constrictions of ‘cultural boundaries’ and demonstrate ‘a commitment to a global comparative perspective.’” Nick Routledge Likewise, the goal and prize of global prophetology is a spirituality transcending personal enlightenment or national transformation. The true measure of spiritual status is its universality. bit.ly/38lmSlM 12:22 PM · Dec 10, 2019