The teacher who uses this book in a course... has a great
opportunity here to bring history to life and to show nuances
concerning religious stereotypes which are not based on historic
fact --Tijdschrift voor Theologie, (Journal for Theology) 2008: 48,
117 The SCM Core Text Religious Syncretism provides a persuasive
account of the principle that syncretism is an important and
widespread expression of religious belief and practice. Each
chapter concludes with a useful summary and questions that might be
considered for seminar or class discussion.... there is much to
commend the book. Those of us who work in education can be
accustomed to think of religion in terms of creeds and doctrines
and to teach the subject along those lines. Such an approach is to
ignore the importance of syncretistic experience as a defining
factor in religion. --Elliot Shaw, Senior Lecturer, Religious
Education at St. Martin's College, in the journal World Religions
in Education, XXVIII, 2007-8. Even a quick scan of today's
headlines makes clear that the growth of fundamentalist versions of
Islam is having a vast impact on our world. For Americans the rise
of Christian fundamentalism, especially the Evangelical movement,
is also socially and politically shaping the country, as debates
about abortion, stem cell research and other important issues are
often driven by fundamentalist notions. In profound ways, orthodox
versions of Judaism have altered the fabric of Middle Eastern
politics through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially
regarding settlements in Gaza and the West Bank, making peace there
all the more difficult, and further destabilizing an already
unstable region. The rise of fundamentalism in the three
monotheistic faiths is fully examined in this textbook. It is not
about fundamentalism however, it is about its opposite trend:
religious syncretism. Syncretism describes the phenomenon of one
religion borrowing elements from another, and it is part of
religion that fundamentalists will seldom acknowledge. This
textbook explores Judaism, Christianity and Islam, using compelling
examples of how syncretism works and looks, to show how these three
religions have adopted customs and conceptions of other religions,
most often acquiring practices from pagan predecessors and
neighbours. The book shows how these three faiths - despite how
modern media would have us believe - have been willing, at various
times and places, to borrow.
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