Perhaps the Most Profound Lesson We Can Learn from the Kiowa

question 37

Multiple Choice

Perhaps the most profound lesson we can learn from the Kiowa experience of Christianity is

• A) The way in which Kiowa Christians have been able to transform what began as an exercise in cultural imperialism into a reaffirmation of traditional Kiowa values challenges the presumption that "authentic cultures" never change.
• B) Christian missionaries and the U.S. Army effectively destroyed traditional Kiowa spirituality.
• C) An indigenous society cannot remain authentic if its members abandon their traditional religious practices by converting to a different religion.
• D) Kiowa conversion to Christianity hastened the demise of the Kiowa language.

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