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Resource Use Decisions: A Framework for Studying Religion and Sustainable Environments [PDF]
, 2016 Analyses of everyday religion and sustainable environments in the Himalaya are not helped much by the blunt instruments of “world religions” approaches to religion and ecology.
Larrimore, Mark
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Religion vs. Spirituality: A Contemporary Conundrum [PDF]
, 2003 The problem with which this essay is concerned is perhaps peculiar to contemporary first world western culture. It is, like many of our cultural problems such as inclusivity, addictions, and family breakdown, ironically a product, to a large extent, of ...
Schneiders, Sandra Marie
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Palita: Journal of Social - Religion ResearchThis article aims to analyze the phenomenon of syncretism in the Rambu Solo ceremony in Tana Toraja, focusing on the chronotope of communication in the syncretism process bound by the dimensions of space and time.
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Caminhos, 2017 A FEIRA MÍSTICA BRASILEIRA Resumo: o sincretismo religioso da feira mística brasileira é marcado pela fusão de cultos. Esta feira não está imune ao comércio com o transcendente, típico da pós-modernidade, mas se faz com as cores do país: é um comércio
Renato Somberg Pfeffer
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Maps and Diaspora: Affect, Agency and Epistolary Praxis
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract Following discussions, interactions and reflections during the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) conference ‘Map Room Conversations’ sessions, this paper examines maps and diaspora through an affective lens. By utilising an auto‐ethnographic epistolary praxis of letter writing and employing the therapeutic prompt, ‘What came up for ...
Rohini Rai, Iqbal Singh
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Archaeology and Religious Syncretism in Mauritius [PDF]
, 2018 SLAVERY AND INDENTURE ARE central to understanding the Mauritian past. The forced and free labor diasporas that brought hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children from Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and China to the island during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries still constitute key elements in shaping modern Mauritian ...
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Sinkretisme as missiologiese uitdaging
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2007 Religious syncretism is usually seen as the intermingling of two religious systems to the extent that the uniqueness of a specific religion is compromised. It is thus understood as missiologically negative. This article attemps to view this from another
JJ Kritzinger, SJJ Niemand
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Social and historical aspects of the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia from 1500-1900 with reference to Thailand and the Philippines [PDF]
, 2009 Though many have attempted to address the complexities of the encounter between Christianity and non-western societies, the literature has not dealt much with Southeast Asia.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas
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ReligionsThe Guanyin/Madonna and Child painting, housed in the British Museum, exemplifies a distinct amalgamation of Catholic and Buddhist elements. This academic study explores the religious syncretism within this artwork, set against the backdrop of Sino ...
Zetong Liu, Hui Zeng, Junming Chen
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