Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
7. Why do some Indigenous people insist that what they practice is not religion?
Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
Chris Jocks [+]
Northern Arizona University
Chris Jocks, Kahnawà:ke Mohawk, is Senior Lecturer in Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University. He earned his Ph.D. in religious studies under the direction of Inés Talamantez at University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1994. His work includes publications on conceptual incongruity between Indigenous and settler state societies and nations, as manifest in law, religion, and social practices. He is also engaged with local Indigenous community advocacy in northern Arizona.
Description
This chapter approaches the question by examining various descriptions and conflicting judgments applied to the concept of religion, in relation to Indigenous knowledge and practices. Domains of incongruity range from semantic to ontological, historical, and political.