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Religion is not a native category. It is not a first-person term of self-characterization. It is a category imposed from the outside on some aspect of native culture.

Jonathan Z. Smith

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Jonathan Z. Smith

Jonathan Z. Smith

Died: December 30, 2017
Bio: Jonathan Zittell Smith was a historian of religions. His research includes the theory of ritual, Hellenistic religions, Māori cults in the 19th century, and the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
Known for:
  1. Relating Religion (2004)
  2. To Take Place (1987)

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