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Book: Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Chapter: e. Working with Traditions

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43676

Blurb:

Traditions are complex systems that pass on group-identity over time and develop their own adaptivity – they are neither monolithic nor infallible. To support the archetypal functions embedded in traditions, individuals need to learn to ‘work with’ traditions provisionally, rather than projecting absolute authority onto them.

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