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Spiritual and Identity Transformations of Migrants: An Approach from the Experience of an Andean Community

open access: yesReligions, 2019
Understanding transformations in the spirituality of people involved in migration processes poses new challenges to theological approaches that usually operate within national or regional boundaries.
Jorge E. Castillo Guerra
doaj   +1 more source

Framing “African”: Music, Dance, and the Politics of Identity in Guyana's Emancipation Day Celebrations

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Emancipation Day commemorates the end of slavery and is observed annually by African Guyanese on the first Monday in August. Celebrations provide a space to honor ancestors, express gratitude, mourn, and engage in cultural rejuvenation through communal activities such as night vigils, libation ceremonies, drumming, dancing, and pilgrimages to ...
Gillian Richards‐Greaves
wiley   +1 more source

The Surrey Syncretisms Database

open access: yes, 2002
The Surrey Syncretism Database encodes information on inflectional syncretism in 30 genetically and geographically diverse languages, representing such morphosyntactic features as case, person, number and gender. Syncretism is defined as when some set of
Corbett, Greville G.   +2 more
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Islam's weight in global history: A response to Sidaway. [PDF]

open access: yesDialogues Hum Geogr, 2023
Llopart I Olivella P, Mostowlansky T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Introduction to Regimenting Postcolonial Multilingualism: Discourses of Speaker/Listener Ideological Positioning

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 482-490, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This introduction explores ways of understanding multilingualism in relation to coloniality, with insights from ethnographic case studies in former colonies across several continents. We argue that this theme series advances theorization of the subtleties of power inherent in multilingual discourse with a focus on listening subject agency as ...
Kathe Managan, Jacqueline H. E. Messing
wiley   +1 more source

THE BHAGAVAD GITA’S ETHICAL SYNCRETISM [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
: Syncretism of various kinds is clearly in evidence in the Bhagavad Gītā, yet no attempt has been made to show how a consistent ethical syncretism might be articulated and defended in the scholarship.
Roopen Majithia, MAJITHIA, Roopen
core   +1 more source

Religious Diversity and Multi‐Religiosity in Singapore

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 497-504, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Can government‐mandated exposure to religious diversity both reinforce exclusive identities and cultivate “multi‐religiosity”? This study leverages the 2024 Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality to investigate how Singapore's state‐mandated and managed pluralism impacts the religious lives of its citizens.
Corey Resweber, Bing Han, Fenggang Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Conflicts In Christian Conversion: The Talensi Perspective [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper focuses on the conflicts between the Christian faith and African traditional religion with particular reference to the Talensi of northern Ghana. It examines the religious and cultural experiences of Talensi Christian converts.
Samuel Zuul Bayeti
doaj   +1 more source

Agreement and syncretism in Esahie

open access: yesLegon Journal of the Humanities, 2018
This paper investigates the infl ectional system of the nominal domain in Esahie (Central-Tano, Kwa, Niger-Congo) by focusing on agreement and syncretism. It off ers a comprehensive description of these infl ectional phenomena in an attempt to test and account for the strength of the infl ectional system of an otherwise under-described language.
Broohm, Obed Nii, Rabanus, Stefan
openaire   +4 more sources

Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 480-488, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This research note analyzes the ambiguous boundaries of religious identity, belief, and ritual behavior in Japan, drawing on data from a nationally representative postal survey conducted in 2024 (N = 3947). The findings reveal widespread participation in Buddhist and Shinto rituals even among individuals who identify as nonreligious or atheist,
Koki Shimizu, Yoshihide Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

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