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3 New Buzzwords Changing Religion — Buzzword #1: INTEGRAL

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PREVIEW. I’m sitting on the floor, a foot from the TV, turning channels. There is no remote, no recording device. An animated figure appears on the screen. The narrator explains it will experience eight significant crises in its lifetime. Each will occur around a major developmental issue such as trust, identity, intimacy, etc., according to psychologist, Erik Erikson. I SPRINT for pen and paper. AHA! The key to my future. If I study these stages of development, I’ll be prepared for Life. I am 14. And I want to know more.

What other life maps are out there to show what lies ahead?

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Bet You CAN Learn Hegel on Hanukkah

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drawing of HegelI know. Hanukkah passed. But the season of darkness hasn’t. Now that you aren’t distracted by dreidels, light eight candles anyway. For the Light.

 

You heard of Hegel. The German idealist (1770-1831). Whose writing is so dense even philosophers have trouble understanding him. Whose name is associated with the “dialectic”. (Go ahead. Say it. dīəˈlektik. It’s fun.) How can Hanukkah help us interpret Hegel?

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