Syncretism (/ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm, ˈsɪn-/) is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation...

religions, such as Abrahamic religions, or any system with an exclusivist approach, seeing syncretism as corrupting the original religion. Non-exclusivist systems...

traditional African religions. In Christian or Islamic communities, religious beliefs are also sometimes characterized with syncretism with the beliefs and...

for Buddhism and Hinduism dependent on the extent of syncretism), and traditional folk religions. A global poll in 2012 surveyed 57 countries and reported...

religion – Religion before written records Pseudoreligion – Non-mainstream philosophical movements which function like religions Religious syncretism –...

professed religion in Peru, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Religion in Peru is traditionally related to religious syncretism originating...

("Mercury the Teetotaler"), a syncretism of Mercury with a Carthaginian god of commerce. Mercurius Visucius, a syncretism of the Celtic god Visucius with...

secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshipers, although the concept of syncretism is disputed by some. Nonreligious includes agnostic, atheist, secular...

converted to Christianity Madinier, Rémy (2011). The Politics of Religion in Indonesia: Syncretism, Orthodoxy, and Religious Contention in Java and Bali. Routledge...

The Iranian religions, also known as the Persian religions, are, in the context of comparative religion, a grouping of religious movements that originated...

Egyptian religion is largely attributed to the spread of Christianity in Egypt. Its strict monotheistic nature did not allow the syncretism seen between...

similar to syncretism, the belief in a fusion of faiths in harmony. However, it can also be seen as a way to accept the existence of various religions without...

own local traditions. Today, it coexists and interacts with pan-Mayan syncretism, the 're-invention of tradition' by the Pan-Maya movement, and Christianity...

Religion in Ivory Coast is diverse, with no particular religion representing the majority of the population. According to the 2021 census, Islam (mainly...

religion that relates Greek deities to other Indo-European deities Shinbutsu-shūgō, a Japanese amalgamation of Buddhist and Shinto deities Syncretism...

spectrum. The idea of syncretic politics has been influenced by syncretism and syncretic religion. The main idea of syncretic politics is that taking political...

of Afro-Brazilian religions, it is also very popular among black Brazilians, although Pentecostals deny that there is a syncretism between criticism and...

state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also...

traditions, and rejects modern syncretism and universalism, which together create new religions from older religions and compromise the standing traditions...

popularity of Hinduism and Buddhism, and the 20th century brought increasing syncretism, New Age, and various new religious movements divorcing spirituality from...

Loa, Vodun, Nkisi and Alusi, among others. In addition to the religious syncretism of these various African traditions, many also incorporate elements of...

modified and influenced through syncretism. A common syncretic religion is Vodou, which combined the Yoruba religion of enslaved Africans with Catholicism...

God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called...

United States. In Latin America, Yoruba religion has been in intense Syncretism with Christianity, Indigenous religions and Spiritism since the first arrival...

since many of them continue to this day to disguise their religion under "Catholic" syncretism. About ninety percent of Brazilians declared some sort of...

Yangism Yinyangjia ("School of Yin Yang") Zajia ("School of Syncretism") Confucian ritual religion Han Learning Korean Confucianism Donghak Lingnan Confucianism...

through the syncretism of these beliefs and also through misinterpretation or adaptation within both Chilean and Argentine societies. This syncretism has brought...

and cultural diversity, religion in Arunachal Pradesh has been a spot for the syncretism of different traditional religions. Much of the native Tani...

California Press. pp. 172–191. Havelka, Ondřej (2022). "The Syncretism of the Gabonese Bwiti Religion and Catholic Christianity from a Theological and Theological-Ethical...

detrimental to the unity of the whole. A cornerstone of moral syncretism is that religion cannot be morality's only arbiter. The Dalai Lama, for example...