Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism : The Politics of Religious Synthesis Paperback / softback
Edited by Rosalind Shaw, Charles Stewart
Part of the European Association of Social Anthropologists series
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:06/10/1994
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- ISBN:9780415111171
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:06/10/1994
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- ISBN:9780415111171
