Religiosity
In the U.S., much of the culture is considered very religious in the most pious, and devoted way imaginable, even by our own often secular standards for religiosity. We are guaranteed this freedom in our U.S Constitution, and it has been fully utilized in the relatively short timeline of U.S. history. As of today, there are over 200 denominations in the United States, mostly Protestants and Catholics.
However, it could be seen that since the development of the political religious right in the late 70’s, the growth of fringe faith groups in the 80’s combined with an American “Law& Order” ideology that now runs deeply into totalitarianism, religious extremism is on the rise. But it has been a slow cultural evolution to this difficult present time-one might call it an American dualistic identity crisis that stems directly from religion and jingoism.
Specifically, much of the extremism comes from Evangelical tradition, which tends to be some of the most rigid within the belief systems and practices it espouses. This movement, strengthened in the roots of the “Satanic Panic” paranoia, pushed to new excesses in the 2000’s Conspiracy Culture now has risen to the level of unabashed Christian Nationalism.
That’s where The Esoteric Wanderer has much to say about the state of religion in America, and how/why religiosity has reached an epic form of cult-like behavior not only in conventional religion, but in business, politics, social circles including media, and even personal relationships.
From a secular view here on the Esoteric Wanderer, it is important to have a balanced perspective on excessive theistic mentalities if for no other reason than to try to restore some level of rational, profane behavior for those of us that tend to be more critical in our everyday thinking.
So, what does 2000 years of misconstrued religious ideology look like when it finally unravels? To see the issue through a more focused lens, many subjects are unpacked and looked at in a variety of ways including but not limited to:
However, it could be seen that since the development of the political religious right in the late 70’s, the growth of fringe faith groups in the 80’s combined with an American “Law& Order” ideology that now runs deeply into totalitarianism, religious extremism is on the rise. But it has been a slow cultural evolution to this difficult present time-one might call it an American dualistic identity crisis that stems directly from religion and jingoism.
Specifically, much of the extremism comes from Evangelical tradition, which tends to be some of the most rigid within the belief systems and practices it espouses. This movement, strengthened in the roots of the “Satanic Panic” paranoia, pushed to new excesses in the 2000’s Conspiracy Culture now has risen to the level of unabashed Christian Nationalism.
That’s where The Esoteric Wanderer has much to say about the state of religion in America, and how/why religiosity has reached an epic form of cult-like behavior not only in conventional religion, but in business, politics, social circles including media, and even personal relationships.
From a secular view here on the Esoteric Wanderer, it is important to have a balanced perspective on excessive theistic mentalities if for no other reason than to try to restore some level of rational, profane behavior for those of us that tend to be more critical in our everyday thinking.
So, what does 2000 years of misconstrued religious ideology look like when it finally unravels? To see the issue through a more focused lens, many subjects are unpacked and looked at in a variety of ways including but not limited to:
- Totalitarian Basics
- Strategies of Destructive Persuasion
- Christian Nationalism
- Indoctrination vs. Initiation
- History
- Occult
- Sociology
- Language
- Psychology
- Symbology (Jungian)
- Mythology
- Politics
- Anthropology
- The Satanic Panic
- Conspiracy Belief & Religion