Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
Syncretism in Religion: A Reader
1st Edition
Edited
By Anita Maria Leopold, Jeppe Sinding Jensen
December 27, 2004
Long a fascinating but problematic category of religious studies, "syncretism" is an elastic term that describes a wide range of practices characterized by the mixing or overlap of traditions. Syncretism in Religion offers the student a broad selection of essays, both classical contributions to the...
Syncretism in Religion: A Reader
1st Edition
By Anita Maria Leopold, Jeppe Sinding Jensen
October 01, 2004
Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, culture and ethnicity are pure entities that may become mixed in encounter and lead to impure, hybrid forms. 'Syncretism in Religion' presents a ...