[October 2000 journal entry]
I have concluded that unrestricted and ‘radical’ (i.e., ‘to the root’) incorporation of the results of inquiry/scholarship pertinent to methodology is not and cannot be done while maintaining a place within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm. One can do so only in a partial, guarded, and restricted (at times, secretive or ‘off the record’) way within the ‘religious’ paradigm. ‘Religious’ discourse reverts (sometimes quickly, always eventually) to un(der)examined and pre-modern methodology, assumptions, and language (as is characteristic of Jewish scripture and Christian scripture as well as hymns, prayers, etc.).
I have concluded that unrestricted and ‘radical’ (i.e., ‘to the root’) incorporation of the results of inquiry/scholarship pertinent to methodology is not and cannot be done while maintaining a place within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm. One can do so only in a partial, guarded, and restricted (at times, secretive or ‘off the record’) way within the ‘religious’ paradigm. ‘Religious’ discourse reverts (sometimes quickly, always eventually) to un(der)examined and pre-modern methodology, assumptions, and language (as is characteristic of Jewish scripture and Christian scripture as well as hymns, prayers, etc.).
