Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis (European Association of Social Anthropologists) by Rosalind Shaw
English | Nov. 28, 1994 | ISBN: 0415111161 | 228 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Syncretism - the synthesis of different religious - is a contentious word. Some regard it as a pejorative term, referring to local versions of notionally standard `world religions' which are deemed `inauthentic' because saturated with indigenous content.