Description: Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). The Politics of Religious Synthesis Author(s): Rosalind Shaw, Charles Stewart Format: Paperback Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Routledge ISBN-13: 9780415111171, 978-0415111171 Synopsis 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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Book Title: Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism
Number of Pages: 236 Pages
Publication Name: Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: the Politics of Religious Synthesis
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Anthropology
Publication Year: 1994
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 386 g
Author: Charles Stewart, Rosalind Shaw
Item Width: 138 mm
Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists
Format: Paperback
