Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism : The Politics of Religious Synthesis EPUB
Edited by Rosalind Shaw, Charles Stewart
Part of the European Association of Social Anthropologists series
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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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- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:16/12/2003
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
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- ISBN:9781134833948
