Matthew King

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@lookatthebird interesting! how is body and bodily performance connected to place and space specifically? what does C miss?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@Ripaceous great point! Moving forward from James, what are the many mechanisms of authority at play in C's paper?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@lookatthebird perhaps, but C wants to leave the idea of place and space and focus on the body and performance, both of which we cant escape

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@MonteiroENicole And what specifically of C's analysis do you find most helpful in understanding the way this all plays out?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@The_Soul_Knight apart from agreeing with the theological thrust of this piece, what do you make of his use of performance, space, place,?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@marilimonge it is a good question. what do you think?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@nonameslefttwit That's absolutely true. What version of dissent does he accept and what does he reject?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@lookatthebird but isn't his point precisely that the church follows the queer(ed) black body into the gay club, & vice versa (fem and flab?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@GardeaSandwich what connection do you mean, specifically?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@WhatsDebDoing well played...

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@religion_hchau Sharf would argue against your characterization of Zen as experience though! what do you make of that?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@religion_hchau and every other aspect of our lives as well! Gender, class, embodiment, language performance, etc. But... are u convinced?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@Vnguy017 he would be proud!

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@The_Soul_Knight he would say that it is, and our basic cultural act is symbolic interpretation (ie. cultural activity)... convinced?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@GabbsterGab right! there is something uncomfortable about writing the stories of other people's lives...

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@AllWorkNoFame exactly! very perceptive! It is precisely the question of power (and resistance) that Asad says is lacking in Geertz...

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@Ripaceous interesting. Biased in which direction, in your opinion?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@WilliamRandazz3 very interesting! Ive seen so many people go into trance in Inner Asia and I always wonder the same thing! what do u think?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@GardeaSandwich big question! Another, more fundamental one, is d you accept that our basic nature is rooted in symbol & its interpretation?

[Matthew King @RLSTprof]

@kfern006 what do you think? what, in G's approach, is unique about the rlg symbols and the moods and motivations they evoke?