Syncretism (/ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm, ˈsɪn-/) is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation...
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Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition...
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distinction ever existed. The term syncretism is often used when a fairly regular pattern can be observed across a paradigm. Syncretism is a specific form of linguistic...
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Mercury (mythology) (section Syncretism)
("Mercury the Teetotaler"), a syncretism of Mercury with a Carthaginian god of commerce. Mercurius Visucius, a syncretism of the Celtic god Visucius with...
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History of Christianity (redirect from Christianity and syncretism)
The history of Christianity follows the Christian religion as it developed from its earliest beliefs and practices in the first-century, spread geographically...
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Syncretic politics (redirect from Political syncretism)
political spectrum. The idea of syncretic politics has been influenced by syncretism and syncretic religion. The main idea of syncretic politics is that taking...
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Religion in Africa (section Syncretism)
had a fear of syncretism, which was carried on by current African Christian leadership in an attempt to keep Christianity "pure." Syncretism in Africa is...
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Yoruba religion (redirect from Yoruba religious syncretism)
United States. In Latin America, Yoruba religion has been in intense Syncretism with Christianity, Indigenous religions and Spiritism since the first...
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juxtaposition in various fields from syncretism, arguing that "juxtaposition and syncretism are in antithesis, syncretism being the predominance of the whole...
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Moral syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory moral beliefs, often while melding the ethical practices of various schools...
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Vodun priest (vodunon). The syncretism of Vodun and Christianity arose just like Vodun itself in Benin, but similar syncretisms also arose overseas, when...
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obtains in today's India, the espousal of the subcontinent's entrenched syncretism is a noteworthy thematic strand that should not be lost in the hypnotic...
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February 3, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2021. Schumacher, John N. (1984). "Syncretism in Philippine Catholicism: Its Historical Causes". Philippine Studies...
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remarkable. There is often a syncretism between shamanism and Catholic traditions. Another religion of popular syncretism in Mexico (especially in recent...
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Syncretism or the Mixed School (Chinese: 雜家; pinyin: zájiā) in Chinese philosophy is an eclectic school of thought that combined elements of Confucianism...
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Social Darwinism Social interventionism Social order State capitalism Syncretism Totalitarianism Gleichschaltung Volksgemeinschaft Volkskörper Politicians...
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Philippines and the precursor of contemporary Aesthetic Syncretism. His work is associated with the Syncretism art movement in the Philippines and abroad. Veneracion...
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Culture of Rajasthan (section Religious syncretism)
The culture of Rajasthan includes many artistic traditions that reflect the ancient Indian way of life. Rajasthan is also called the "Land of Kings". It...
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supplanted the name of his female counterpart, but, due to extensive syncretism with Inanna, the deity remained as female, although her name was in the...
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parts of Africa where Islam and Christianity are dominant, religious syncretism with the traditional African religions is common. A 2012 report on religion...
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Atargatis (section Syncretism)
Atargatis (known as Derceto by the Greeks) was the chief goddess of northern Syria in Classical antiquity. Primarily she was a fertility goddess, but,...
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Gautama Buddha in Hinduism (section Syncretism)
This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Buddha (Sanskrit:...
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interventionism Social order State capitalism Statolatry Supercapitalism Syncretism Third Position Totalitarianism Topics Definitions Economics Fascism and...
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Caelus (section Mithraic syncretism)
Caelus or Coelus (/ˈsiːləs/; SEE-ləs) was a primordial god of the sky in Roman mythology and theology, iconography, and literature (compare caelum, the...
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Chinese Jamaicans (section Cultural syncretism)
Chinese Jamaicans are Jamaicans of Chinese ancestry, which include descendants of migrants from China to Jamaica. Early migrants came in the 19th century;...
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Hellenistic period, Alexander's legacy includes the cultural diffusion and syncretism that his conquests engendered, such as Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic...
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The modern Medicine Wheel symbol was invented as a teaching tool in about 1972 by Charles Storm, aka Arthur C. Storm, writing under the name Hyemeyohsts...
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This is a list of female mystics. Táhirih Bahíyyih Khánum Ásíyih Khánum Alexandra David-Néel author of books on Tibetan Mysticism Yeshe Tsogyal 8th century...
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Jean-François Thiriart (section Cold War syncretism)
Jean-François Thiriart (22 March 1922, Brussels – 23 November 1992), often known as Jean Thiriart, was a Belgian far-right political theorist. Coming from...
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religion Religious pluralism Religious syncretism Separation of church and state Spiritual but not religious Syncretism Toleration Universalism Persons Eknath...
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