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integrity of life. By doing so, we unite religion and critique in third-way thinking. This mode of thought allows us to gather together the metaphoric clusters explored above and to use them constructively, critically, and yet also Theological humanism holds together the dimensions of the claim of the
beyond the desert of criticism. All domains of life, in different scales and scopes, can play the role of religion, if and when something strikes the imag-ination, will, and mind with the experience of the holy, the absolutely good. The reality of the integrity of life is ubiquitous and ever present. It can appear
anywhere, at any time, to anyone. In this way, we avoid tendencies toward neo-tribalism, while encouraging communities to flourish by submitting their religious beliefs and practices to the norm of the integrity of life.In the next two chapters, we will explore more deeply what we mean
by the integrity of life and how it appears in different dimensions of life, beginning with a tradition dear to our hearts, namely, the legacy of Christian humanism.