The Integral Stage | Kingdom Come: Beyond Inclusivism and Pluralism (with Ken Wilber and Bruce Alderman) @theintegralstage8140 | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
In this special Integral Stage episode, a recovered recording from 2011, Ken Wilber reads and reviews my paper, "Kingdom Come: Beyond Inclusivism and Pluralism, an Integral Postmetaphysical Invitation." While reading through my paper, Ken comments extensively on the issues involved -- the inherent contradictions of most pluralist models, the nuance a developmental perspective brings to pluralism, the ethics of interreligious relationship, the limitations of integral models, the contributions of a postmetaphysical orientation to religious worlds, and much more.
PAPER ABSTRACT: Although Integral Theory is frequently regarded as inclusivist in orientation, inclusivism, as an interreligious strategy, has been criticized in postmodern interfaith contexts as subtly or overtly hegemonic or triumphalist. Can Integral Spirituality maintain a powerfully inclusive, integrative orientation while avoiding the problems that have characterized traditional and modern inclusivist strategies? In this article, I argue that the post-metaphysical, enactive emphasis in the current phase of Integral Theory offers a fruitful way forward—one that honors and transcends its inclusivist and pluralist predecessors.
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In this special Integral Stage episode, a recovered recording from 2011, Ken Wilber reads and reviews my paper, "Kingdom Come: Beyond Inclusivism and Pluralism, an Integral Postmetaphysical Invitation." While reading through my paper, Ken comments extensively on the issues involved -- the inherent contradictions of most pluralist models, the nuance a developmental perspective brings to pluralism, the ethics of interreligious relationship, the limitations of integral models, the contributions of a postmetaphysical orientation to religious worlds, and much more.
PAPER ABSTRACT: Although Integral Theory is frequently regarded as inclusivist in orientation, inclusivism, as an interreligious strategy, has been criticized in postmodern interfaith contexts as subtly or overtly hegemonic or triumphalist. Can Integral Spirituality maintain a powerfully inclusive, integrative orientation while avoiding the problems that have characterized traditional and modern inclusivist strategies? In this article, I argue that the post-metaphysical, enactive emphasis in the current phase of Integral Theory offers a fruitful way forward—one that honors and transcends its inclusivist and pluralist predecessors.
Please consider supporting The Integral Stage on Patreon to make more of these conversations possible!
patreon.com/theintegralstage
