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Jul 9, 2012 · Similarly, defenders of multiculturalism in Latin America claim that hybridity, mestizaje, miscegenation, and syncretism are good models for a different kind of multiculturalism, but forget that these terms reflect a long history of assimilatory policies such as ‘racial democracy’ in Brazil.
- Amos Nascimento
- 2012
Religious and cultural syncretism influences modern societies by fostering multiculturalism, promoting religious tolerance, and facilitating intercultural dialogue. It can lead to the blending of traditions, which enriches cultural expressions and social practices, while also posing challenges related to identity and cultural authenticity.
Syncretism Today The genealogy of syncretism directs attention to larger institutions, governments and Churches, that can shape the evaluation, indeed the very perception, of religious mixture. These institutions are themselves capable of reversing themselves and changing the rules, as the Catholic Church did with Vatican II, in order to maintain control.
Cultural syncretism is the process where elements from different cultures blend together to create a new, unique cultural expression. This phenomenon often occurs when diverse groups come into contact, leading to the fusion of traditions, beliefs, and practices that can result in new forms of religion, art, and social customs. It highlights the dynamic nature of culture and illustrates how ...
Some, however, did express one or both of the following objections: (1) syncretism is a pejorative term, one that derides mixture, and/or (2) syncretism presupposes "purity" in the [End Page 40] traditions that combine. Both of these reservations will be considered below, but it is the broad disagreement within the anthropological community on ...
The syncretism or amalgamation of rites, cults and relation to things external to the social-control con- faiths is the outward manifestation of that inward figuration; its function is an expression of its rela-. sense of promiscuity which arises from the schism in tion to things within that configuration. . . . The.
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Nov 3, 2016 · There is a wide range of terms of religious mixture including syncretism and hybridization but also terms like creolization, transculturation, and métissage. •. These competing terms of mixture possess different genealogies and impinge on ‘religion’ differently, such that they should not be simply interchanged or arbitrarily applied.