Beneath its colorful and much misunderstood iconography and rituals is a rational, pragmatic and uniquely pluralistic foundation centered on individual choice, inner spiritual development and union with the ultimate reality that goes by many names.
Just as passive observers do not receive the full benefit of an interactive, participative world-wide web (web 2.0), individuals must be transformed from ethnocentric worldviews and myopic thinking (Self 1.0) to individuals with pluralistic worldviews and layered, nuance thinking styles (Self 2.0).
Both schools are pluralistic (also with regard to individual selves) and theistic.
First, this is a battle between those who envision a democratic, pluralistic Egypt in which the individual has dignity and power changes hands at the ballot box and those who support a militarized state in which government is imposed on the people by force.
"I also recognize, though, that we live in a pluralistic society that values choice, individual freedom and an abiding respect for all faiths.
While there may be some justification for the second half of this charge, our polling makes clear that the vast majority of Egyptians simply do not believe that the Morsi government ever envisioned "a pluralistic Egypt in which the individual has dignity".
For example, in an editorial in the New York Times, a former minister in the Morsi government attempts to describe the situation in Egypt as follows: "this is a battle between those who envision a pluralistic Egypt in which the individual has dignity and power changes hands at the ballot box and those who support a militarized state in which government is imposed on the people by force".
With the establishment of market rules and pluralistic democracy, social practices of individuals, firms, and governments became imprinted in urban landscapes.
"They undermine an important University purpose: our collective search for a better way, for a truly pluralistic community in which every person is acknowledged an individual, not a caricature".
Given the unsuccessful history of scientists' participation in the educational battles over evolution, it seems hopeful that a pluralistic position, promoting cultural tolerance and individual choice, has a better chance of ensuring that students at the very least learn what evolution is.
