US Colonial Governance of Superstition and Fanaticism in the Philippines

This article examines how US colonial officials understood and utilized the categories of superstition, fanaticism, and religion during the occupation of the Philippines in the early twentieth century. I adapt Jason Josephson-Storm's model of the trinary to explore the colonial politics of thes...

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Veröffentlicht in:Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. - BRILL, 1989. - 30(2018), 1, Seite 21-36
1. Verfasser: Wheatley, Jeffrey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
Schlagworte:superstition fanaticism secularism colonialism Philippines American religious history
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