Religious disputations resolved nothing but each side claimed victory

Evidence

The debates over the comparative use of religion and religious claims by Zionist and Palestinian national narratives and political discourses have followed different lines. A common line of discussion tends to lump and treat both sets of narratives within the universal practice of using religion for political ends (Bunzl 2009; Landau 2009). From this perspective, the fight between Zionism, on one side, and the Arabs and the Palestinians, on the other, is framed within the context of religious national conflicts, typically characterized by a process of conflating religious and nationalist claims. The tactical and strategic use of religious claims by reinventing them in the form of modern national aspirations and proclamations is common practice across all parties involved in such conflicts. However, by offering this understanding, which comingles religion and politics – forms seemingly followed both by mainstream Zionism and the Palestinians – matters are, in fact, simplified and mistakenly cross-equated. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 2365 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Medieval religious toleration in disputation texts was a strategic posture for Christian victory — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1319; Medieval Christian-Muslim disputation mostly argued from premises neither side shared; Treating both sides’ religious claims as equivalent falsely cross-equates them. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2365 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Medieval Christian-Muslim disputation mostly argued from premises neither side shared #complicates (0.80)
• Treating both sides’ religious claims as equivalent falsely cross-equates them. #complicates (0.80) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 2365
• The mere existence of religious outsiders threatens triumphalist unity narratives #complicates (0.80)
• Polemic against a rival religion protected embattled minorities from doubt #complicates (0.70) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 157