Steven Engler is professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religions.

• Table of Contents  List of figures Introduction Chapter 1 Talking Tradition Chapter 2  Pure Tradition vs. History  Case Study 1:  Traditionalism and the denial of historical truth Chapter 3 Invention and Authority Case Study 2: Normative tradition in Candomblé Chapter 4 Tradition and Modernity  Case Study 3: Great and little  traditions Chapter 5 Agency and Reason  Case Study 4: Indigenous tradition and Canadian law Chapter 6 Key Thinkers of Tradition Conclusion Conclusion Further Reading Bibliography Index

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Steven Engler is professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religions.

• Table of Contents  List of figures Introduction Chapter 1 Talking Tradition Chapter 2  Pure Tradition vs. History  Case Study 1:  Traditionalism and the denial of historical truth Chapter 3 Invention and Authority Case Study 2: Normative tradition in Candomblé Chapter 4 Tradition and Modernity  Case Study 3: Great and little  traditions Chapter 5 Agency and Reason  Case Study 4: Indigenous tradition and Canadian law Chapter 6 Key Thinkers of Tradition Conclusion Conclusion Further Reading Bibliography Index

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Steven Engler is professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religions.

• Table of Contents  List of figures Introduction Chapter 1 Talking Tradition Chapter 2  Pure Tradition vs. History  Case Study 1:  Traditionalism and the denial of historical truth Chapter 3 Invention and Authority Case Study 2: Normative tradition in Candomblé Chapter 4 Tradition and Modernity  Case Study 3: Great and little  traditions Chapter 5 Agency and Reason  Case Study 4: Indigenous tradition and Canadian law Chapter 6 Key Thinkers of Tradition Conclusion Conclusion Further Reading Bibliography Index

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