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Abstract
This chapter offers a constructive approach to studying “religion” in indigenous cultures by building on the work of Chidester, Fitzgerald and McCutcheon, while taking into account concerns expressed by Maori scholar Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Dakota scholar Vine Deloria, Jr., about researching indigenous people and religion. First, I attend to conceptual issues regarding “indigenous” and “religion”, and the gap between self-representation and scholarly classifications, before examining identification practices (from Bayart) as strategies for recognition as “indigenous” or “religion”, paired with the politics of refusal (rejection of colonial classifications). I will also consider issues of legitimisation, power and privilege when evaluating an alternative classification, “traditional spirituality”, common in Canada. At the end, I suggest ways a critical religion approach can offer a way forward that also respects these differences in representation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | A Practical Guide to Critical Religion |
Editors | Alexander Henley, Lauren Morry |
Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Publication status | In preparation - 10 Feb 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Keywords
- Religion
- Indigenous
- Critical religion
- Politics of refusal
- Traditional spirituality
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Researching ‘religion’ in indigenous cultures
Suzanne Owen (Invited speaker)
22 Jan 2020Activity: Knowledge Exchange – Non-academic conference/seminar/workshop › Invited talk/public lecture/debate