Well, it would be "Lay Member of the Storm Tribe" - I'd *much* rather focus on the "real" circumstances where you are a member of a religion than "you are an animist" or "you are a theist".
Lay member of the storm tribe would get you certain advantages (access to Kolat charms, frex), that "Lay member of Dara Happan Solar Worship" wouldn't (thosugh the Dara happans would get other benefits that the Storm Tribe guy wouldn't - like a stable, civilised environment...)
I would eliminate the three world split at the "lay membership" level, instead focusing on the cultural religion. Yes, we'd still need rules for what kind of magic a lay member would get, but it shouldn't be framed as "theist lay member", Animist Spiritist", etc. Instead i'd combine the various "lay member" sections into a single chapter (with appropriate editing, of course).
The three world split becomes important at the second rung, where you're worshipping a distinct being and need to have the restrictions that come from worshipping a spirit/saint/god.
At the third ("needs concentration") rung, the three-world split is really important.
And of course, there's all sorts of permutations possible that I'm not going into right now.
RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad
R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
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