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The Rotten Syncretism that Opens the Spirit

Författare

Summary, in English

People have always been inclined not to stick with one god alone, not to trust one single religion. One possible conclusion is that history is full of syncretism. Syncretism seems to be disturbing. It disturbs the exclusive relationship between God and his people, and it disturbs the idea of logical purity if things are mixed up in an uncontrolled manner. Two main attitudes towards syncretism are identified. One is to play down and reduce the problem of syncretism. The other is to take up arms against syncretism. The suggestion in this paper is to walk along a third path: be concrete and contextualise and hence sometimes accept, sometimes condemn. The main risk here is that the path is open for anything. I maintain that it is possible to cultivate the human faculty to judge, and that ethics plays a vital role.

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

151-169

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Swedish Missiological Themes

Volym

102

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Swedish Institute of Mission Research

Ämne

  • Religious Studies

Nyckelord

  • syncretism
  • lived religion
  • evaluation and judgment
  • ethics as criterion

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0346-217X