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In praise of mixed religion : the syncretism solution in a multifaith world / William H. Harrison.

By: Publication details: Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 0773592024
  • 9780773592025
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • BL410 .H37 2014eb
Online resources: Summary: Article Abstract: "The religious studies discipline has traditionally distinguished between two responses to syncretism: a subjective view, which treats syncretism as morally reprehensible, and an objective view, which treats it as a morally neutral phenomenon. William Harrison adopts a third perspective, the advocacy view, which claims that mixing religions is a good and necessary process. He cites countless examples--such as Islam's transformative encounter with Greek thought--from both history and recent years to show how religious traditions have gained theological and practical wisdom by borrowing key ideas, beliefs, and practices from outside their own movements."--Publishers website
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Article Abstract: "The religious studies discipline has traditionally distinguished between two responses to syncretism: a subjective view, which treats syncretism as morally reprehensible, and an objective view, which treats it as a morally neutral phenomenon. William Harrison adopts a third perspective, the advocacy view, which claims that mixing religions is a good and necessary process. He cites countless examples--such as Islam's transformative encounter with Greek thought--from both history and recent years to show how religious traditions have gained theological and practical wisdom by borrowing key ideas, beliefs, and practices from outside their own movements."--Publishers website