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Next Thursday is the opening of «Latin Explorations» a new exhibition curated by Pablo Aravena that will showcase the work of five artists with artistic backgrounds that began in the streets and whose current work exhibits experimentation with figuration and syncretism in Spain and Latin America.

Christianity also encountered the temptation of syncretism in its infancy.

In response to the pervasive relativism in contemporary culture, and the form of relativism that is called religious syncretism in the dialogue between religions — a problem that came in for special attention at a recent Synod for Asia — CDF, with the Pope's express support, is reiterating the Church's faith that Jesus is, as he said of himself, the way, the truth, and the life.

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In regards to pluralism (the philosophical system), it is simply a product of the syncretism, synthesis, and despair that has resulted from the rise and dominance of existential philosophy (existentialism having given up on the quest for truth a long time ago).

While I abhor the fundamentalists exaggerated political power in the USA (as uncharitable as that sounds) I can't warm to pseudo-Christian syncretism either.

The issue was idolatry, not science; syncretism, not natural history; theology, not chronology; affirmation of faith in one transcendent God, not creationist or evolutionist theories of origin.

Eliade understands syncretism not in a pejorative sense but as something inherent in culture and religion to influence each other.

«I think there is a genuine embarrassment / horror when people in the West look at, for instance, some of the Pentecostal traditions, and I'm always very worried when people look at Asian or African religion and present it as a kind of syncretism, as a kind of survival of the pagan,» says Jenkins.

Sanneh says «syncretism represents the unresolved, unassimilated and tension - filled mixing of Christian ideas with local custom and ritual, and that scarcely results in the kind of fulfilling change signaled by conversion and church membership.

He calls attention to (1) the degeneration in syncretism of the old Yahweh faith prior to the appearance of the eighth - century prophets; (2) a kind of «emancipation» from Yahweh in increasing dependence upon the maturing structure of the political state; and (3) the dissolution of the old tribal social order with the shift of economic power to the cities, the increasing inability of the farmer, because of the burdens of heavy taxation, to maintain himself as a free man, and the growing concentration of land in the hands of a few wealthy urbanites (cf. Isa.

The suggestion of syncretism is pronounced — or, as one reads on, the suspicion arises that Americanism has in some way displaced the other religions.

He fears that the suggested changes in Christology will portend «the end of all meaningful religious and spiritual dialogue» and will result in a «sterile relativism, a monistic spiritual syncretism devoid of creative, truly pluralistic conflict and fruitful, truly creative tension.»

Unlike the West, in China there is no sharp separation into religious groups but rather a syncretism, so that the typical Chinese have in them something of both tendencies, and a feeling they can express themselves in either.

Objectively, however, syncretism is a service in which various religions invoke, pray to, and worship a variety of gods, spirits, or forces.

The close relation of church and state in some instances, the participation of the church in the political life in other cases, has been accompanied by a syncretism of nationalism and Christianity.

We may occasionally err in making our charges of neo-universalism and syncretism against individuals and organizations.

The crucial issues mentioned in the Wheaton declarations were: Mission and syncretism, mission and universal salvation, mission and proselytism, mission and the Roman Catholic Church, mission and church growth, mission and foreign mission and mission and Evangelical unity.8 In all these they appealed to the Scripture as final authoritin the Wheaton declarations were: Mission and syncretism, mission and universal salvation, mission and proselytism, mission and the Roman Catholic Church, mission and church growth, mission and foreign mission and mission and Evangelical unity.8 In all these they appealed to the Scripture as final authoritIn all these they appealed to the Scripture as final authority.

In 1975 there appeared in Germany a book entitled: The Berlin Ecumenical Manifesto, on the Utopian Vision of the World Council of Churches, edited by Walter Kunneth and Peter Beyerhaus.34 The book attacked not only the World Council of Churches but also the Lutheran World Federation, World Student Christian Federation, certain Roman Catholic groups, the German Evangelical Kirchentag, Taize, and to some extent even Lausanne.35 According to H. Berkof, the common thread through all the articles in the book was the desire to demonstrate that the World Council of Churches no longer sought to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world, but strove rather for a purely horizontal, social and political, humanization and unification of mankind by means of religious pluralism and syncretisIn 1975 there appeared in Germany a book entitled: The Berlin Ecumenical Manifesto, on the Utopian Vision of the World Council of Churches, edited by Walter Kunneth and Peter Beyerhaus.34 The book attacked not only the World Council of Churches but also the Lutheran World Federation, World Student Christian Federation, certain Roman Catholic groups, the German Evangelical Kirchentag, Taize, and to some extent even Lausanne.35 According to H. Berkof, the common thread through all the articles in the book was the desire to demonstrate that the World Council of Churches no longer sought to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world, but strove rather for a purely horizontal, social and political, humanization and unification of mankind by means of religious pluralism and syncretisin Germany a book entitled: The Berlin Ecumenical Manifesto, on the Utopian Vision of the World Council of Churches, edited by Walter Kunneth and Peter Beyerhaus.34 The book attacked not only the World Council of Churches but also the Lutheran World Federation, World Student Christian Federation, certain Roman Catholic groups, the German Evangelical Kirchentag, Taize, and to some extent even Lausanne.35 According to H. Berkof, the common thread through all the articles in the book was the desire to demonstrate that the World Council of Churches no longer sought to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world, but strove rather for a purely horizontal, social and political, humanization and unification of mankind by means of religious pluralism and syncretisin the book was the desire to demonstrate that the World Council of Churches no longer sought to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world, but strove rather for a purely horizontal, social and political, humanization and unification of mankind by means of religious pluralism and syncretism.

In that case, syncretism is defined by subjective intent, not objective action.

For the record, I am in favor neither of syncretism nor relativism, not to mention idol worship.

In answer to the criticism that WCC is syncretistic because of its program for inter-religious dialogue, Thomas said that if the word syncretism denotes all processes of interpenetration between cultures and religions, the only answer to a wrong syncretism, which means the uncritical, superficial, normless mixing of basically incompatible religious concepts and cultural attitudes, is a Christ - centered syncretism which grapples with and evaluates all concepts and attitudes critically in the light of Jesus Christ and converts them into vehicles for communicating the truth of the Gospel and for expressing its meaning for lifIn answer to the criticism that WCC is syncretistic because of its program for inter-religious dialogue, Thomas said that if the word syncretism denotes all processes of interpenetration between cultures and religions, the only answer to a wrong syncretism, which means the uncritical, superficial, normless mixing of basically incompatible religious concepts and cultural attitudes, is a Christ - centered syncretism which grapples with and evaluates all concepts and attitudes critically in the light of Jesus Christ and converts them into vehicles for communicating the truth of the Gospel and for expressing its meaning for lifin the light of Jesus Christ and converts them into vehicles for communicating the truth of the Gospel and for expressing its meaning for life.

«Gnosticism» is of course a later word; in the first century it was only, as Wendland defined it, the religion or theology of syncretism, well adapted to the melange of cults which characterized the eastern provinces under the early empire.

Against this widely prevailing understanding of the «creation faith» we suspect that in Yahwistic circles the very term «creation» may have been a dirty word and that the development and discussion of Israel's creation faith was suppressed as part of the long, anguished struggle against religious syncretism and the loss of the distinctly moral - ethical - historical character of the Yahweh faith.

This process of syncretism was doubtless greatly encouraged when David, in order to conquer the Philistines, substituted alliance with the Amorites for the traditional hostility against them and so built a kingdom which included Yahweh - worshipers and baal - worshipers together.

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!

They practice some form of syncretism, which expresses itself in rites and other forms of cult and devotions.

This initial division of function, however, could not last; syncretism was inevitable; alike in idea and custom, Yahweh borrowed from the baals and the baals, presumably, from Yahweh.

But the ground and the framework of what the Church has to say in the world are the same and the cultural alternatives to Christianity in the modern world - humanism and syncretism.

Some think my criticisms represent a slippery slope in one direction (toward legalistic tendencies); Henry and Hesselgrave make it clear that there are two slippery slopes, and the other one ends in this very sort of designer theology that constitutes syncretism.

Of course there is a lot of confusion in the churches and the ecumenical movement regarding the distinction that has to be maintained between the integrity of the Christian faith and mission and that of a secular culture which has to be based on a syncretism of varied insights about the humanum drawn from many religious, ideological and scientific sources.

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 man.

After a transitional essay «In Favor of Syncretism» (7), there are three informative and challenging essays on the «base communities» (8 - 10), and then three concluding essays (11 - 13) that profoundly explore an alternative way to view the church as «A Sacrament of the Holy Spirit» with «Charism as the Organizing Principle.»

Dr. Visser «t Hooft goes on to point out that syncretism is never, in practice, as all - embracing as it sounds in theory.

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.

We encounter syncretism repeatedly in the Old Testament of the Bible.

A dance syncretism made of menacing beats skittering from dark dancehall to mashed - up jungle, super-warped bass frequencies, stark anti-hooks, and a voice that is the most authentic to emerge in years.

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As with the back and forth between writing and translating, a similar syncretism happens when working in more than one genre.

Cultural synthesis and syncretism inform many of the central issues explored in Prospect.4.

It mixes scientific history with creation stories belonging to religious (Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, etc.), hermetic (Kabbalah, Freemasonry, etc.), and oral (Dogon, Inuit, Navajo, etc.) traditions in a joyous syncretism.

One of the most thought - provoking catalogue narratives is Ligon's «Blue Black,» which discusses the challenges Ofili has faced (and continues to face) in attempting to transition from centralizing concerns about identity, «race,» and social exclusion toward more nuanced and entangled representations focused on cultural syncretism, creolization, and hybridity.

«American Art Today: Faces and Figures,» The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum (formerly The Art Museum at FIU), Florida International University, Miami, FL, January 17 — March 9, 2003 «The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy,» Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, January 18 — April 13, 2003 «A Century of Collecting: African American Art in the Art Institute of Chicago,» Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 15 — May 18, 2003; catalogue «Structures of Difference,» Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, February — April 13, 2003 «The Space Between: Artists Engaging Race and Syncretism,» Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, March 18 — June 8, 2003 «Visual Poetics: Art and the Word,» Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, April 25 — November 16, 2003; brochure «Visualizing Identity,» The Jack S Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, August 27, 2003 — January 4, 2004 «Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection,» Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, October 26, 2003 — January 1, 2004; catalogue «Skin Deep,» Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C., March 15 — April 26; brochure «Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self,» curated by Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, December 12, 2003 — February 29, 2004; traveled to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2004; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, 2005; catalogue «Supernova,» San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 2003 «Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms,» White Columns, New York, NY, 2003; catalogue «Today's Man,» curated by John Connelly, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2003 «The Disembodied Spirit,» curated by Alison Ferris, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, 2003; catalogue «The Alumni Show,» curated by Nina Felshin, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2003; catalogue «Crimes and Misdemeanors,» Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003 «DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art,» Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos, Bronx, NY, 2003 «The Paper Sculpture Show,» organized by ICI, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY, 2003; traveled to Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston - Salem, NC; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA «An American Legacy: Art from the Studio Museum,» The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 2003 «Stranger in the Village,» Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2003 «On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau,» The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 «Family Ties,» curated by Trevor Fairbrother, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 2003 «Influence, Anxiety, and Gratitude (Toward and understanding of trans - generational dialogue as a gift economy),» curated by Bill Arning, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, 2003 «American Art Today: Faces & Figures,» The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2003

Hale Tenger has continued her examination of the identity of the Turkish people by creating, in 2003, a syncretism with Turkish Delight, which associates the sculpture of the Greek god of fertility, Priapus, and the designs of Iznik pottery.

The best artists here demonstrated that the way forward lies in encouraging hybridities and syncretism — the very «creolization» spoken of by Glissant.

Early research intocolor meaning and cultural syncretism led to the occult traditions in general and the work of John Dee and Henry Cornelius Agrippa specifically.

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, who left Nigeria aged 16 to move to the US, traces the seams of this kind of cultural syncretism, through large - scale, mixed - media works on paper that patchwork different modes and techniques of representation to forge a continuity between her experiences in both countries.

It is here that contemporary art and other cultural practices can address the collective imagination of all of Palermo's residents, a diverse mixture of identities existing side by side in a syncretism rooted in the city.