The battle between the world religions and animismcontinues.

      Today, in Southeast Asia, the battle between the world religions and animismcontinues. Why has animism persisted to the present? Discuss how each of theworld religions has been adapted or “vernacularized,” or “indigenized” into theanimistic beliefs of Southeast Asians to produce what could be termed “FolkBuddhism,” “Folk Islam,” or “Folk Catholicism.”