When Gandalf the Grey took time to return as Gandalf the White

Problematic mage gap

The central conceit requires them to attest in court to America's impotence on the international stage though. The counter-argument has to be predominantly political and target MAGA jingoism

Hey, just wanted to check if you're open to discuss my points. I did make them in good faith and I don't think I'm that radical

Point #2 is the more important one IMHO. I'm not a religious scholar and Point #1 was the product of 1 hour of research so would love to be corrected if I'm wrong! I can provide references if interested. Transfemme Indian wonk over here 😃

Sanskrit splits the single unit of 'religion' into multiple words like dharma, darsana, mata and vada to name a few.

Just because we didn't use the word religion doesn't mean there was a close analogue or proximate conception. A lot of western studies of non-Western traditions also falls into 'Nacirema' territory and is painful to read as a native.

2. This is a very narrow conception of the history of religious studies that is seeped in epistemological colonialism. It excludes other knowledge traditions by using Christianity as a normative referee because of narrow linguistic/etymological boundaries and historical hegemonies in epistemology.

It was then realised more fully by Herbert of Cherbury in De Veritate. While the latter was addressing a post-reformation context they both used the term to remind people of the commonalities between warring religious groups.

If you had said *definition* I would have been more amenable. But I think you are wrong on two levels. 1. The modern transition of the use of the Latin 'religio' meaning 'scrupulousness or suplication before god' begins with Nicolaus Cusanus in De Pace Fidei after the sack of Constantinople in 1453.

You are aware that Zoroastrianism and Hinduism predate Christianity by millenia right?? Saying Christianity is the blueprint is a patently absurd concept. It's not even the first monotheistic religion

Are you looking for a cabinet position?