Syncretism Anti Syncretism The Politics of Religious Synthesis European Association of Social Ant
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Syncretism - the synthesis of different religious - is a contentious word. Some regard it as a pejorative term, referring to local versions of notionally standard `world religions' which are deemed `inauthentic' because saturated with indigenous content. Syncretic versions of Christianity do not conform to `official' (read `European') models. In other contexts however, the syncretic amalgamation of religions may be validated as a mode of resistance to colonial hegemony, a sign of cultural survival, or as a means of authorising political dominance in a multicultural state.
In Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism the contributors explore the issues of agency and power which are integral to the very process of syncretism and to the competing discourses surrounding the term.
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- Routledge Brand
- Oct 6, 1994 Pub Date:
- 9780415111171 ISBN-13:
- 041511117X ISBN-10:
- 236.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.5 in * 0.54 in * 5.43 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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