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.


Relating Religion (2004), p. 179.

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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...

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...

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...

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...