My working theory is these symptoms are all part of a meta meaning crisis in the West.
I think all 3 of religious tenets (moral, scripture and ritual) have a role to play in addressing it but I’m personally finding ritual the most useful (perhaps a metric of growing importance as you end with).
I do appreciate your reminder that traditional monotheistic religion has to compete in a modern marketplace of alternatives including spiritual (Buddhism, yoga, meditation), secular (nature worship, secular wellness) and techno optimist (quantified self and machine worship one might call it, both very popular in the Bay Area) variants.
My working theory is these symptoms are all part of a meta meaning crisis in the West.
I think all 3 of religious tenets (moral, scripture and ritual) have a role to play in addressing it but I’m personally finding ritual the most useful (perhaps a metric of growing importance as you end with).
I do appreciate your reminder that traditional monotheistic religion has to compete in a modern marketplace of alternatives including spiritual (Buddhism, yoga, meditation), secular (nature worship, secular wellness) and techno optimist (quantified self and machine worship one might call it, both very popular in the Bay Area) variants.
Agreed on the meaning crisis and i dig the categories of where people are looking for answers to the meaning crisis. You should write about it!