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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md index 4b5e7b9..cc56fd9 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ --- title: "Studying religion as a power system" -slug: studying-religion-as-a-power-system pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Religion is studied here as a power system, not a faith system. The questions are always how did this work, not is this true. That distinction matters because the interest … Read more" categories: - - { name: "Dark Culture", slug: dark-culture } + - Dark Culture tags: - - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } - - { name: identity, slug: identity } - - { name: politics, slug: politics } - - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } + - format-long-form + - identity + - politics + - tone-philosophical featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/cover.png alt: "Religious architecture deconstructed into power system diagrams"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md index 927049f..e48bb6f 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: politics, slug: politics } - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2abf2ed1459.32937769.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2abf2ed1459.32937769.png alt: "Religious architecture deconstructed into power system diagrams" legacy_wp_id: 16132 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md index c902655..927049f 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ slug: studying-religion-as-a-power-system pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Religion is studied here as a power system, not a faith system. The questions are always how did this work, not is this true. That distinction matters because the interest … Read more" +categories: + - { name: "Dark Culture", slug: dark-culture } +tags: + - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } + - { name: identity, slug: identity } + - { name: politics, slug: politics } + - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2abf2ed1459.32937769.png + alt: "Religious architecture deconstructed into power system diagrams" legacy_wp_id: 16132 --- Religion is studied here as a power system, not a faith system. The questions are always how did this work, not is this true. That distinction matters because the interest is in the mechanics of loyalty construction, narrative transmission, and institutional persistence — the same mechanics that apply to building a community, a brand, or a political movement.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c902655 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/studying-religion-as-a-power-system/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "Studying religion as a power system" +slug: studying-religion-as-a-power-system +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16132 +--- +Religion is studied here as a power system, not a faith system. The questions are always how did this work, not is this true. That distinction matters because the interest is in the mechanics of loyalty construction, narrative transmission, and institutional persistence — the same mechanics that apply to building a community, a brand, or a political movement. + +## The research + +The Abrahamic deep dive was self-directed. Judaism, Christianity, Islam — studied through their primary texts, not through commentary. The Torah’s covenant structure. The Christian church fathers’ reasoning about belief without direct experience. The Quran’s relationship to the traditions that preceded it. Each tradition examined for the same thing: how did this system build loyalty that persists across millennia? + +The deicide charge — the accusation that Jews killed Jesus — studied not for its theological validity but for its function as a power narrative. How did a theological disagreement become a justification for centuries of persecution? The mechanism matters more than the content. The same mechanism shows up in scene politics: a reputational claim, repeated enough times, becomes social reality regardless of its truth. + +The covenant asymmetry between Isaac and Ishmael — studied for what it reveals about chosen-ness as a concept. What does it mean to be chosen? Who decides? How does a community sustain the belief that it is special across generations without evidence? These are not abstract theological questions. They are community-building questions with direct application. + +## The application + +Understanding how the major religions constructed loyalty and transmission is directly applicable to building a political base from a cultural movement. The rave scene already has the mechanics: rituals (the event), marks (the merch and logo), doctrine (dark music only), congregation (the regular attendees), initiation (the guest list), inner circle (the WhatsApp chat). + +The question the religious study addresses is longevity. Events die. Brands die. Movements die. Religions persist for millennia. What structural feature makes the difference? The research points to a few things: codified values that survive leadership transitions, rituals that create embodied memory, and a narrative framework that gives individual suffering meaning within a larger story. +Diff truncated (42 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
