Syncretism - Anti-Syncretism The Politics of Religious Synthesis

Name: Syncretism - Anti-Syncretism The Politics of Religious Synthesis
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ISBN: 9780415111171

ISBN-10: 041511117X

ISBN-13: 9780415111171

Edition: 1994

Authors: Charles Stewart, Rosalind Shaw

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Syncretism, refers to the mixing of different religious traditions whether as active, ongoing process or as historical fact. In the present era of displacement, migration and generally increasing "cultural compression" syncretism is very much a current event. But syncretism does not just happen because religions have similarities and cross over into one another. It occurs in social conditions characterized by unequal power and it is sometimes directed by the interests and agency of prominent individuals. Contributors to this volume explore not only how syncretism occurs, but how the very idea of religious mixture is accepted or contested in ten different societies. Topics covered include…

Book details

List price: $55.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Contributors



University of California



Harvard University



University of Tï¿½Sbingen



University of Natal, South Africa



University of Heidelberg



University of Amsterdam



University of Wales



Tufts University, USA



University College London



University of Amsterdam



University of Manchester



University of Bamberg