How Talking about Indigenous Religion May Change Things

A decade ago, Bribris, an indigenous community in Costa Rica, used to operate with a distinction between “indigenous traditions” and “religions.” More recently, some of them have begun to talk about an “indigenous religion.” This article is about uses of the category “religion” and especially new us...

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Main Author: Tafjord, Bjørn Ola (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Numen
Year: 2016, Volume: 63, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 548-575
Further subjects:B Indigenous Religion politics of classification local and trans-local dynamics Bribri Talamanca
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