One must wonder whether the minister did not misinterpret his experience. The difference is not merely one of communal identification, although it has enormous implications for communal identity. It is a question of the larger structure of norms, including norms of faith and authority, that give a ritual its meaning in any tradition. The most important question is not where various practices come from. No set of ritual performances is pure and primordial.
Hyphenated obedience is no obedience at all.
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