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Native American Church
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...were developed by Parker and Wilson, respectively. A recurring issue for the Native American Church has been the extent of syncretism between Christianity and traditional Native American religion. After a series of conflicts in which peyote use fell afoul...
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Philo Judaeus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Judaeus (ca. 20 B.C.-ca. A.D. 45) was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher. An important example of philosophical syncretism, he was a Diaspora Jew prepared to concede a good deal to Hellenism in his interpretation of the Scriptures. Philo Judaeus...
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Paganism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...occasionally occur in Christian era texts, most notably as rhetorical ornamentation in such works as the Slovo o polku Igoreve. Syncretism is also apparent in the transformation of Perun into the Old Testament Elijah, who was taken to heaven in a fiery chariot...
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Occult Philosophy
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...because occult philosophy necessarily seeks truth outside the bounds of established, accepted views. Occult philosophy's syncretism and universalism are not simply equivalent to what Antoine Faivre has called the "praxis of concordance," the claim of...
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Madhyamika
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of Enlightenment, 1970). Santaraksita and Kamalasila were the chief representatives of the Madhyamika's last phase, a syncretism with the Yogacara school that was transmitted to Tibet. Madhyamika was also transmitted to China as the San-lun, or Three...
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Hinduism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Hinduism is unique among the world religions in that it had no single founder but grew over a period of 4,000 years in syncretism with the religious and cultural movements of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is composed of innumerable sects and has no...
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Gersonides
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Adonai [the wars of the Lord] is an elaborate treatise modeled after the Moreh Nevukhim of Maimonides. It is mainly a systematic criticism of the syncretism of Maimonides. His scientific views remained influential into the 19th cent.
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Egyptian religion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...religion was remarkable for its reconciliation and union of conflicting beliefs. Some scholars have held, in fact, that the syncretism of Egyptian religion reveals a basic trend toward monotheism. But only during the reign of Ikhnaton , who based his theology...
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Baal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of a locality, e.g., Baal-peor, Baal-hazor, Baal-hermon. The Baal cult penetrated Israel and at times led to syncretism. In the Psalms, Yahweh is depicted as Baal and his dwelling is on Mt. Zaphon (Zion), the locale of Baal in Canaanite...
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Anatomy and Physiology
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...maintained a certain vitality (and some explanatory flexibility) until the end of the seventeenth century. Eclecticism and syncretism were a more frequent response among early modern practitioners than one might expect, above all because the therapeutic side...
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