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Reinventing Religions
Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andre
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Description for Reinventing Religions
Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has re-emerged as a tool for understanding the dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism and transnationalism. This text formulates a view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe. Editor(s): Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andrew. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJC; 1KLSB; HR; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has recently re-emerged as a valuable tool for understanding the complex dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism, and transnationalism. Building on a century-long tradition of scholarship, this important book formulates a broader view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe, highlighting the ways in which religions and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic have been assimilated and innovatively changed. Divided into four sections, the book focuses on religious syncretism in Brazil, Jamaica, and other parts of the Caribbean and West Africa. Greenfield and Droogers ... Read more
Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has recently re-emerged as a valuable tool for understanding the complex dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism, and transnationalism. Building on a century-long tradition of scholarship, this important book formulates a broader view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe, highlighting the ways in which religions and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic have been assimilated and innovatively changed. Divided into four sections, the book focuses on religious syncretism in Brazil, Jamaica, and other parts of the Caribbean and West Africa. Greenfield and Droogers ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847688531
SKU
V9780847688531
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About Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andre
Sidney M. Greenfield is professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. AndrZ Droogers is professor of the anthropology of religion at the Free University, Amsterdam.
Reviews for Reinventing Religions
Reinventing Religions represents a significant effort to deal with cultural processes which have characterized not only the colonial and post-colonial periods in many parts of the world, but also have broader geographic and longer diachronic dimensions. Though the book deals primarily with Africa and the African Diaspora, it provides direction for a much broader examination of these religious phenomena. Further, ... Read more