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As part of his studies, UC#2 was reading The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of “Religion”<\/a><\/strong> by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This hard-hitting collection overturns common ideas about religion. Arnal and McCutcheon argue that ‘religion’ has no independent existence but is rather the unstable creation of political and economic forces. These two prominent critical theorists call for far-reaching reform of the study of religious traditions so that the concepts of nation-state, citizenship, and secularism can be productively transformed. Their compelling work will have profound effect on both specialists and general readers.”–Naomi Goldenberg, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa (from the Amazon page<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What an interesting AI Image prompt: “The Sacred is the Profane.” We entered this sole prompt, verbatim, into Perchance <\/strong>and HotPot<\/strong>, only varying the styles and genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few themes emerged (more of a reflection of the AI algorithms that the prompt, I suspect):<\/p>\n\n\n\n