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- adjective Capable of being
reinterpreted .
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The opportunities for reframing issues that involve sacred values arise from the fact that their core content is often open-textured, especially if they involve religious values, which survive in time and spread in space because they are readily reinterpretable in ways that are sensitive to changing contexts.
Scott Atran: The Tea Party's Sacred Cows and the Privilege of Absurdity Scott Atran 2011
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The kind who memorises regulations and Bible verses and treats them as equally holy and equally reinterpretable- as required to suit the needs of current prejudice and expediency.
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The opportunities for reframing issues that involve sacred values arise from the fact that their core content is often open-textured, especially if they involve religious values, which survive in time and spread in space because they are readily reinterpretable in ways that are sensitive to changing contexts.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Scott Atran 2011
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