Mediating Indigenous Religions: By Way of Introduction
Issue: Vol 36 No. 1 (2017)
Journal: Religious Studies and Theology
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
DOI: 10.1558/rsth.33481
Abstract:
In this essay, in addition to introducing and contextualizing the articles by Margaret Lyngdoh, Minna Opas, and Lillia McEnaney and Seth Schermerhorn, we try to think more broadly about what mediating indigenous religions might mean. This, in turn, leads us to reflect on the study of religions as a practice and space of mediation.
Author: Gregory D. Alles, Bjørn Ola Tafjord
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