Syncretism in religion : a reader.
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2004. |
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| Description: | xiii, 402 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical categories in the study of religion |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5601689 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. General introduction
- Pt. II. The historical background of the term syncretism : the problem of definition
- 1. In praise of Syncretism : the beginnings of Christianity conceived in the light of a diagnosis of modern culture / Hans G. Kippenberg
- 2. Syncretism / Hendrik Kraemer
- 3. Syncretism and the history of religions / Robert D. Baird
- 4. Syncretism and ambiguity / Michael Pye
- 5. Syncretism : from theological invective to a concept in the study of religion / Kurt Rudolph
- Pt. III. Syncretism : the dynamics of religion
- 1. The dynamism of religions : syncretism : mission / Gerardus van der Leeuw
- 2. Syncretism and dialogue : a philosophical analysis / Hendrik M. Vroom
- 3. Problems of religious syncretism / Roger Bastide
- Pt. IV. Religions in contact : power, syncretism, and Creolization
- 1. Herskovits's heritage : rethinking syncretism in the African diaspora / Andrew Apter
- 2. The Caribbean : marvelous cradle-hammock and painful cornucopia / Carlos Guillermo Wilson
- 3. Syncretism and legitimacy in Latin American religion / Gustavo Benavides
- 4. Syncretism, power, play / Andre Droogers
- 5. Worlds in collusion : on social strategies and misrepresentations as forces of syncretism in Euro-American and Native American affairs / Armin W. Geertz
- Pt. V. Category problems and theoretical suspense
- 1. Relocating syncretism in social science discourse / Charles Stewart
- 2. Syncretism, historicism, and cognition : a response to Michael Pye / Luther H. Martin
- 3. The concept of "syncretism" : an instrument of historical insight/discovery? / Ulrich Berner
- Pt. VI. Current approaches to syncretism in the study of religion
- 1. Orthosyncretism : an account of melding in religion / Timothy Light
- 2. Religious tendencies in Greece at the dawn of the twenty-first century - an approach to contemporary Greek reality / Panayotis Pachis
- 3. Medicine-men, modernity and magic : syncretism as an explanatory category to recent religious responses and magical practices among urban blacks in contemporary South Africa / Kirstine Munk
- Pt. VII. Conclusion
- App. Further reading on syncretism.
