ABSTRACT
The pluralism encountered in the industrialized societies of the so-called developed world extends to most facets of social life. If alternative religious cosmologies continue to occupy a subjugated space in relation to the universalistic claims of the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the postmodern climate of the emerging century is one of challenge to traditional secular and
religious discourses. However, despite being conducted from a multitude of subject positions, contemporary inquisitions of mainstream social structure and practice are nevertheless ultimately homogenized by their encapsulation within the paradigm of traditional heterosexuality.
