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Table of Contents Part I: General Information Part II: The Historical Background of the Term Syncretism: The Problem of Definition Introduction to Part II 1. In Praise of Syncretism The Beginnings of Christianity Conceived in the Light of a Diagnosis of Modern Culture (Hans G. Kippenberg) 2. Syncretism (Hendrik Kraemer) 3. Syncretism and the History of Religions (Robert D. Baird) 4. Syncretism and Ambiguity (Michael Pye) 5. Syncretism: From Theological Invective to a Concept in the Study of Religion (Kurt Rudolph) Part III: Syncretism: The Dynamics of Religion Introduction to Part III 1. The Dynamism of Religions. Syncretism. Mission (Gerdardus Van Der Leeuw) 2. Syncretism and Dialogue: A Philosophical Analysis (Hendrik M.Vroom) 3. Problems of Religious Syncretism (Roger Bastide) Part IV: Religions in Contact: Power, Syncretism, and Creolization Introduction to Part IV 1. Herskovits Heritage: Rethinking Syncretism in the African Diaspora (Andrew Apter) 2. The Caribbean: Marvelous Cradle-Hammock and Painful Cornucopia (Carlos Guillermo Wilson) 3. Syncretism and Legitamacy in Latin American Religion (Gustavo Benavides) 4. Syncretism, Power, Play (Andre Droogers) 5. Worlds of Collusion: On Social Strategies and Misrepresentations as Forces of Syncretism in Euro-American and Native Amercian Affaris (Armin W. Geertz) Part V: Category Problems and Theoretical Suspense Introduction to Part V 1. Relocating Syncretism in Social Science Discourse (Charles Stewart) 2. Syncretism, Historicism, and Cognition: A Response to Michael Pye (Luther H. Martin) 3. The Concept of Syncretism: An Instrument of Historical Insighn/Discovery? Part VI: Current Approaches to Syncretism in the Study of Religion Introduction to Part VI 1. Orthosyncretism: An Account of Melding in Religion (Timothy Light) 2. Religious Tendencies in Greece at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century-An Approach to Contemporary Greek Reality (Panayotis Pachis) 3. Medicine-Men, Modernity and Magic: Syncretism as an Explanatory Category to Recent Religious Responses and Magical Practices among Urban Blacks in Contemporary South Africa Part VII: Conclusion |