In praise of mixed religion : the syncretism solution in a multifaith world /

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Author / Creator:	Harrison, William H., 1965- author.
Imprint:	Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Syncretism (Religion) Religions -- Relations. Religion. Interfaith relations. Religion. Religions. Syncretism (Religion) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11754233

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ISBN:	9780773592025 0773592024 9780773543584 0773543589 9780773592032 0773592032
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The religious studies discipline has traditionally distinguished between two responses to syncretism: a subjective view, which treats syncretism as morally reprehensible, and an objective view, which treats it as a morally neutral phenomenon. William Harrison adopts a third perspective, the advocacy view, which claims that mixing religions is a good and necessary process. He cites countless examples--such as Islam's transformative encounter with Greek thought--from both history and recent years to show how religious traditions have gained theological and practical wisdom by borrowing key ideas, beliefs, and practices from outside their own movements."--Publishers website.
Other form:	Print version: In praise of mixed religion.
Govt.docs classification:	SUG3038

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