Nancy Thompson: Speaking of Religion: Religion to the Outermost
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Recently, someone asked me if religious work to convert cultures around the world could be considered a form of religious extremism. Questions like this open doors to uncomfortable rooms. We enter them at our own risk. âIf we are going to talk about this,â I offered, âwe have to be willing to talk about white supremacy.â To begin, we have to distinguish universalizing religions from ethnic religions. Ethnic religions are local, although they can migrate as followers migrate. Ethnic religions are found worldwide: in the ...
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