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@ai_valentin I can't speak fully to Evans religious project, but I think the starting point for judging individuals' use of language has to include seeing people as having personal and religious journeys as much as overarching identities.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ai_valentin To take an example I know better and where the power issues and religious significance are potentially even more extreme...On twitter.com
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@ai_valentin There's Mirabehn, the daughter of an English admiral given a quasi-religious name by Gandhi. Again, an exchange between living traditions with intense collective power differentials.Permalink On twitter.com
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@ai_valentin I don't blame any Hindu or Indian for being offended by this exchange, but I also embrace the right of an unconventional mystic to bestow this gift, and a white novitiate to accept it, so long as...Permalink On twitter.com
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@ai_valentin … the exchange implies the obligation to fight against the oppression that makes it questionable and problematic.Permalink On twitter.com