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Title:
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SYNCRETISM/ANTI-SYNCRETISM
THE POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS SYNTHESIS |
By: |
Charles Stewart (Editor), Rosalind Shaw (Editor) |
Format: |
Electronic book text |

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£32.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
113483392X |
ISBN 13: |
9781134833924 |
Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
16 December, 2003 |
Series: |
European Association of Social Anthropologists |
Pages: |
240 |
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. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Routledge |
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