Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism - The Politics of Religious Synthesis (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	European Association of Social Anthropologists
Release date:	October 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	Rosalind Shaw • Charles Stewart
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11117-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-415-11117-X
Barcode:	9780415111171

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