Name: syncretism/anti-syncretism
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Author: Shaw, Rosalind ; Stewart, Charles
ISBN: 9780415111164

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Rosalind Shaw

Charles Stewart

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Routledge

Author

Shaw, Rosalind ; Stewart, Charles

Language

English

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Hardcover

Dimensions

22.3 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.40 kg.

ISBN

415111161

ISBN13

9780415111164

Synopsis "syncretism/anti-syncretism"

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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