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An Old Testament perspective on syncretism: The belief in the “God of the forefathers” as case study Although the term syncretism does not appear in the Old Testament, syncretism is widely seen as the process resulting from the contact of religions.
J. Beyers
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Religious Syncretism in Spanish Latin America: Survival, Power, and Resistance [PDF]
This paper explores the theory of religious syncretism and its application within early modern Latin America. It proposes a new model for understanding religious syncretism in order to eliminate the previous bias in the scholarship and misconceptions ...
McGuckin, Ian
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This article aims to revisit the understanding of the concept of syncretic Javanese Islam, which scholars have much debated. From the genealogical search for the syncretic Javanese Islamic concept produced by missionaries and orientalists; mapping of the
Achmad Tohe
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Religious Syncretism in Africa: Toward an Enduring Solution [PDF]
Since the advent of Christianity and Islam, many Africans have become, at least nominally, monotheists. However, the story is more complicated. This paper is aimed at understanding the relationship between Christianity, traditional religious practices ...
Ike, George O., S.J.
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African Pentecostal Christianity presents interconnectedness with African cultures, spiritualities, and religiosity in many ways. Among many other practices that demonstrate this interconnectedness is the use of material objects common within some ...
Themba Shingange
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Purpose of the Study: This study explores the intricate process of religious syncretism and identity transformation among the Mari people of Bashkortostan through the integration of Lutheranism into their traditional and Orthodox Christian practices ...
Alexander Klyashev, Ranus Sadikov
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Les contacts ethniques dans la Mésopotamie et les syncrétismes de la religion sumérienne
In this paper, the author explores ethnic relations in Mesopotamia and syncretism in Sumerian religion in the light of political and religious conflicts, and divine democracy.
J. Van Dijk
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The article is devoted to the identification and analysis of the religious and philosophical context in the creative heritage of two great representatives of national cultures (Kazakh and Indian) - Shakarim and Iqbal.
Z.E. Iskakova
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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Japanese religious syncretism [PDF]
Syncretism is a conceptual model that signifies the alliance, amalgamation, or combination of the assumptions of different religious, philosophical and cultural systems that are objects of interest in cultural, religious and social studies. Nevertheless,
Pilarska, Justyna
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