I’ve chosen to address in this last post the topic of paradox for two reasons. The first is that I’ve been fascinated with this concept for many years—the notion that two statements or ideas that seem to be self-exclusive, inconsistent—”on the one hand, on the other hand”—may, on reflection, come together to provide a glimpse…

As indicated in the last post, this one will look at the topics of Tradition and Ritual, and  Egalitarianism—Paradox, regretfully, will have to wait— as they are practiced and utilized in brief reviews of the first three religions we studied, then in more careful reflections on the last four, plus a nod to the Primals….

This fourth post “from the hiatus,” similarly to the third post, offers some reflections on our study of Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity—with a brief nod to what Smith terms “the primal religions” and a “final examination”—and some comments on how these four major religions weigh in on two of the topics, ideas, practices, beliefs,…

This third post “from the hiatus,” now over two months since the second one, marks the beginning of the end of this longer-than-expected seven month break from my usual custom over the past three years of posting a blog every couple of weeks or so. Once I’ve put a “button” on this study of world…