Sentences with phrase «such syncretism»
If this happened in the face of a victory as complete as Islam's over Arabia, how much more would such syncretism take place when, as in Israel's case in Palestine, the Canaanites could not be utterly conquered but, sustained and empowered, so current beliefs would suggest, by their native gods, lived on with the Israelites!
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Nevertheless, the cost of such syncretism was heavy.
Both groups would immediately see such syncretism as a corruption of both communities and a violation of their most central claims, and they would be appropriately outraged.
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Critics of Pastor Benke like myself believe that his prayer gave aid and succor to just such religious relativism and syncretism.
Another problem in consultation is that of syncretism, that is, conducting consultation in such a way that disagreement is avoided at all costs and the parties must stick together regardless of the means used or the goals set.
Such a mission does not lead to syncretism and eclecticism but to «such growth in the essentials» as Asoka had demanded from the different religions, and that means nothing other than growth in love toward God and Such a mission does not lead to syncretism and eclecticism but to «such growth in the essentials» as Asoka had demanded from the different religions, and that means nothing other than growth in love toward God and such growth in the essentials» as Asoka had demanded from the different religions, and that means nothing other than growth in love toward God and man.
In the East, syncretism has received a powerful boost during the past century from such Indian leaders as the great Hindu mystic Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekenanda, Mahatma Gandhi, and the philosopher - statesman Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Tendencies that have come to define modern Western societies include the existence of political pluralism, prominent subcultures or countercultures (such as New Age movements), and increasing cultural syncretism — resulting from globalization and human migration.