{"product_id":"syncretismanti-syncretism-rosalind-shaw-9780415111171","title":"Syncretism\/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis","description":"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. 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. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eSyncretism\/Anti-Syncretism\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosalind Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041511117X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415111171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d","brand":"Rosalind Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070232318207,"sku":"9780415111171","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a32eea92-a718-47d4-809c-3831d2d2eeb2.jpg?v=1724242651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/syncretismanti-syncretism-rosalind-shaw-9780415111171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}