The End (of Religion) is Near, Scientists Say
…can be greater utility or status in speaking Spanish instead of Quechua in Peru, and similarly there’s some kind of status or utility in being a member of a religion or not. Yowza. There’s a lot packed into that fairly simple analogy; or rather, there’s a lot left out. Deliberations over “status” in a colonial context are not matters of utility; they’re exercises in power. Spanish or Quechua was a political decision as much as anything; a decision…
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