Re: pagans, schmagans

thomas w kavanagh (tkavanag@INDIANA.EDU)
Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:39:14 -0500

On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Samantha L. Solimeo wrote:
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> While I have never heard of the term "orthodox pagan",
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> The distinction, then, needs to be made as to whether the use of this term
> by the Hopi was used in a classificatory way, or in an effort to distinguish
> themselves from pagans of European descent.

No, it was mostly to thoroughly confound all the tourists who assumed
that everyone they met was Christian, variety Protestant. :-)

tk