Time, Authority, and Alignment in Religious Calendars (Content)
Post 1 — New Year: Origins, Variations, and Meaning Post 2 — How Calendars Work: Days, Weeks, Months, Years Post…
Category: Time, Authority, and Alignment in Religious Calendars
Post 1 — New Year: Origins, Variations, and Meaning
Authority, Renewal, and the Beginning of the Year 1. Introduction: the New Year as a decision, not a discovery A…
Post 2 — How Calendars Work: Days, Weeks, Months, Years
The Mechanics Behind Timekeeping and Why It Refuses to Behave Neatly 1. Introduction: astronomy constrains, culture organises Calendars appear deceptively…
Post 3 — Conflicted Dates: Why Religious Calendars Don’t Match
Incommensurable Cycles, Competing Authorities, and the Logic of Disagreement 1. Introduction: disagreement as a structural outcome The non-alignment of religious…
Post 4 — Calendar Drift and Biblical History
Sacred Seasons, Authority, and the Struggle to Preserve Alignment 1. Introduction: calendar drift as a biblical, not modern, problem Calendar…
Post 5 — Sabbath, Festivals, and Survival
Why Judaism Endured While Pagan Religions Collapsed 1. Introduction: survival as a structural question The long-term survival of Judaism, contrasted…
Post 6 — Authority, Alignment, and the Meaning of Time
Who Governs Time, Why Alignment Matters, and What Happens When Authority Fractures 1. Introduction: time is never neutral Across all…