Who Owns Tradition? Religion and the Messiness of History
Who Owns Tradition? Religion and the Messiness of History
The question of "who owns a tradition" is not a new one, but it is being debated today more clearly and more widely than ever before. It asks who gets to define a tradition, who speaks for it, whose interpretation is authoritative and, quite practically, whose books to read about it. And with all these questions, are we asking whose definition is more correct, more legitimate or, perhaps, simply more dominant?
Feb 4, 2001