Many of the folks studying this topic seriously have been influenced by the psychology/philosophy approach of Ken Wilbur.
The Wikipedia article gives the basics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_theory_(Ken_Wilber)
Wilber attempts to combine “the best” of many different religious and philosophical views in a “meta theory” which allows for new knowledge based on new data.
It categorizes the different kinds of dogmatism we see in so many areas of human thought—religious, scientific, philosophical etc...
Absolutely, We need to absorb the whole bigger picture and multidisciplinary concepts. And when you do this it starts to make sense and ring true.