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Witnessing a potent truth: rethinking responsibility in the anthropology of theisms

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Evans, Nicholas HA 

Abstract

For Ahmadi Muslims in the Indian town of Qadian, a major part of ethical behaviour is the cultivation of a relationship of subordination to potent religious truths. This involves both manifesting and witnessing the truth of their religion in the form of polemical arguments and religious travel. I argue that understanding how moral character develops out of such a relationship requires us to turn our analytical attention away from agency and towards responsibility. Such a move has important implications for the more general anthropological study of theisms.

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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.12380

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4401 Anthropology, 44 Human Society

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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1359-0987

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Wiley