Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
10. Is “tradition” a useful category?
Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
Greg Johnson [+]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Greg Johnson teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life. His research focuses on the intersection of religion and law in Indigenous contexts, with particular attention to repatriation, burial protection, and sacred land claims.
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This entry considers discourses of "tradition" in various contexts, including popular rhetoric, law, and as an academic category, flagging the historical liabilities of the category while also making a case for its ongoing relevance when considered in processual terms.