Syncretism

created by Webster 1913

(thing) by Wintersweet (1.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Mar 04 2000 at 5:05:43

The blending doesn't always result in a formalized new religion. Syncretistic can also describe a society whose members identify themselves as all, some, and/or none of the various religions around (or a person who does same). Historically, many Chinese have been Buddhist and Taoist both--and in recent years there's been a bit of Christianity mixed in, even if it's just the form of a white wedding. The same is true in Japan, with Shinto in the place of Taoism.

(idea) by Deborah909 (4.7 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:15:44

The process by which two or more disparate religious traditions are blended into a new religious movement. Sometimes syncretistic movements become religious traditions in their own right. Examples: Sufism, Jews for Jesus, Unification Church, Bahai.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:39:32

Syn"cre*tism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncrétisme.]

Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial.
Baxter.

Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy.
Krauth-Fleming.

Syn"cre*tism (?), n. (Philol.)

The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.

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White Wedding	open source religion	Bahai	syncretic
Jews for Jesus	NON-VIOLENCE! NON-VIOLENCE! NON-VIOLENCE! Non-violence makes you strong! Strength crushes enemies! NON-VIOLENCE!	Sufism	How can a good Buddhist work in advertising?
Unification Church	Religion is a salad bar	neat little boxes	Religion is not a salad bar
Damballah	SIJIL: The Triple Rose of the Adept Chamber (Conclusion)	Some of my best friends are	Taoist
Same-Sex Marriage and the Law	Sukhothai	western esoteric tradition	There is no "Judeo Christian" ethic
Mahayana Christianity	Ecumenism	Religion as a quilt	Judeo-Christian

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