{"product_id":"syncretismanti-syncretism-the-politics-of-religious-synthesis-european-association-of-social-anthropologists-0415111161","title":"Syncretism\/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis (European Association of Social Anthropologists)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415111161\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shaw, Rosalind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSyncretism - 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. Syncretic versions of Christianity do not conform to `official' (read `European') models. In other contexts however, the syncretic amalgamation of religions may be validated as a mode of resistance to colonial hegemony, a sign of cultural survival, or as a means of authorising political dominance in a multicultural state.In Syncretism\/Anti-Syncretism the contributors explore the issues of agency and power which are integral to the very process of syncretism and to the competing discourses surrounding the term.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51859028181280,"sku":"NEW0415111161","price":326.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51ZZ_mF6pFL.jpg?v=1781585857","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/syncretismanti-syncretism-the-politics-of-religious-synthesis-european-association-of-social-anthropologists-0415111161","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}