On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:03:15 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > At 02:52 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote: > >>Then if anything their "sin" would be in overgeneralizing or in not seeing > >>the particularities and differences of various religions but that is still > >>very different from triumphalism.<< > Failing to see differences would not in itself be triumphalistic. However, if > one does not recognize those differences because one is committed to imposing > a certain "essence" which comes (say) from one's own religion of philosophy, > then one is allowing the presumed superiority, or triumph, of one's own > religion or philosophy over those one is interpreting.
Gilberto: It still seems to me that the act of "imposition" you are talking about might be an act of misperception, but it doesn't imply superiority. In fact, in the case of perennialism one is explicitly asserting equality. At the worst, what perennialists might be doing is romanticizing the past. Talking about the noble savage and all that. But from the perspective of "progressive revelation" the past is being demonized and those people of the past are considered savages, without bothering to consider them particularly noble. "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
