Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism

Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781134833948
ISBN-13 : 1134833946
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Book Synopsis Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism by : Rosalind Shaw

Download or read book Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism written by Rosalind Shaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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