Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis

by Charles Stewart

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415111161
• ISBN13: 9780415111164
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"