Syncretism / Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis
Charles Stewart, Rosalind Shaw
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.
Κατηγορίες:
Έτος:
1994
Έκδοση:
1
Εκδότης:
Routledge
Γλώσσα:
english
Σελίδες:
228
ISBN 10:
0415111161
ISBN 13:
9780415111164
Σειρές:
European Association of Cultural Anthropologists
Αρχείο:
PDF, 1.90 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1994