As I am a gardener in all things, this. Perennialism is the method of only planting a single seed type in a carefully groomed row, and allowing only that plant to grow in that row. While it is a part of the greater garden, it is it's own collective, and therefore isolated and isolating becoming less beneficial and productive than it could be. On the converse, Eclecticism which is often presented as the opposite of Perennialism, is simply a fertile patch of turned earth where all the seeds are thrown together, that which grows, grows, but is not necessarily the best choices to combine. In your Deep Ecumenism, I perceive that you are suggesting planting the seeds together that benefit each other and the garden the most, while weeding out the traditionally overbearing plants or rigid beliefs. Yours is a garden of "faith" areas to be moved around and through with thoughtful consideration and yet, without traditional rigid structures that discourages the best growth of the individual and inhibits a fully beneficial harvest for the community.
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I enjoyed this very much as always.
May I offer an analogy as to my understanding?
As I am a gardener in all things, this. Perennialism is the method of only planting a single seed type in a carefully groomed row, and allowing only that plant to grow in that row. While it is a part of the greater garden, it is it's own collective, and therefore isolated and isolating becoming less beneficial and productive than it could be. On the converse, Eclecticism which is often presented as the opposite of Perennialism, is simply a fertile patch of turned earth where all the seeds are thrown together, that which grows, grows, but is not necessarily the best choices to combine. In your Deep Ecumenism, I perceive that you are suggesting planting the seeds together that benefit each other and the garden the most, while weeding out the traditionally overbearing plants or rigid beliefs. Yours is a garden of "faith" areas to be moved around and through with thoughtful consideration and yet, without traditional rigid structures that discourages the best growth of the individual and inhibits a fully beneficial harvest for the community.
Am I close?