Religion is a performance of one's politics. This helps me understand why one can find such radically different Christians, or Muslims, or Buddhists, and so on. Maybe this makes religion subservient to politics, but it certainly helps me (an agnostic) understand religious folks. And not be unduly judgmental about any religion. Maybe this is all too postmodern. Which isn't really hip anymore.
Religion is a performance of one's politics. This helps me understand why one can find such radically different Christians, or Muslims, or Buddhists, and so on. Maybe this makes religion subservient to politics, but it certainly helps me (an agnostic) understand religious folks. And not be unduly judgmental about any religion. Maybe this is all too postmodern. Which isn't really hip anymore.