This paper examines how the prevailing knowledge systems of the West reduce and
divide us within and between ourselves. It also highlights how these are paralleled
by the Wisdom tradition in theology which allows for a more inclusive model of
relationality and becoming. The author sets out before us how western systems create
and dictate the underlying binary oppositions by which we, almost unconsciously,
live out our lives. New ways are suggested and new horizons plotted.
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