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<blockquote class="definition">'''Elite spirituality''' is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by high-level members of the accumulating class. Catholicism, which was created when Roman Emperor Constantine "converted" to Christianity, is an iconic example.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/Rethinking_the_Origins_and_Purpose_of_Religion_Jesus_Constantine_and_the_Containment_of_Global_Revolution></ref>. | <blockquote class="definition">'''Elite spirituality''' is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by high-level members of the accumulating class. Catholicism, which was created when Roman Emperor Constantine "converted" to Christianity, is an iconic example.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/Rethinking_the_Origins_and_Purpose_of_Religion_Jesus_Constantine_and_the_Containment_of_Global_Revolution></ref>. | ||
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[[Colonized Spirituality]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Colonized Spirituality]]}} | |||
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Elite spirituality is spirituality constructed in [[Symbol Factories]] and propagated by [[Ideological Institutions]]. | |||
Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity). | Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity). | ||
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[[Is a related LP term::System Maintanence| ]] | [[Is a related LP term::System Maintanence| ]] | ||
[[Is a related LP term::Authentic Spirituality| ]] | [[Is a related LP term::Authentic Spirituality| ]] | ||
[[Is a related LP term::Colonized Spirituality| ]] | [[Is a related LP term::Elite Religion| ]] | ||
[[Is a syncretic term::Colonized Spirituality| ]] | |||
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Elite Spirituality
Elite spirituality is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by high-level members of the accumulating class. Catholicism, which was created when Roman Emperor Constantine "converted" to Christianity, is an iconic example.[1].
Syncretic Terms
Related LP Terms
Elite Spirituality > Authentic Religion, Authentic Spirituality, Elite Narrative, Elite Religion, Regime of Accumulation
Non-LP Related Terms
Notes
Elite spirituality is spirituality constructed in Symbol Factories and propagated by Ideological Institutions.
Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity).
More specifically, elite spirituality may be recognized by the presence of an Old Energy Creation Template.
Consider Persian Autocrat Aradashir took control of Zoroastrianism to further his imperial agenda.[2]
Elite spirituality is enacted by System Agents for the purpose of System Maintanence
List of Elites
Marsilio Ficini (1433-1499) the "virtual founder of the Renaissance Prisca Theologia narrative. [3]
Agostino Steuco (1496-1549).
Citation and Legal
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/Rethinking_the_Origins_and_Purpose_of_Religion_Jesus_Constantine_and_the_Containment_of_Global_Revolution>
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike.“From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Mass Human Manipulation,” Under Review. https://www.academia.edu/34504691
- ↑ Haneegraff, Wouter J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 8.