Beyond Syncretism: A Dynamic Approach to Hybridity
The term “syncretism” has had a difficult life. Despite blending positive and negative ideas, in Christian mission circles syncretism has become almost exclusively negative. Rather than yet another attempt to redeem the term, this article seeks to promote “hybridity” as a more neutral term, reflecti...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/2396939317708954 2024-04-07T07:52:29+00:00 Beyond Syncretism: A Dynamic Approach to Hybridity Shaw, R. Daniel 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396939317708954 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2396939317708954 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/2396939317708954 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Bulletin of Mission Research volume 42, issue 1, page 6-19 ISSN 2396-9393 2396-9407 Religious studies journal-article 2017 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/2396939317708954 2024-03-08T03:17:17Z The term “syncretism” has had a difficult life. Despite blending positive and negative ideas, in Christian mission circles syncretism has become almost exclusively negative. Rather than yet another attempt to redeem the term, this article seeks to promote “hybridity” as a more neutral term, reflecting the reality of doing mission in our contemporary globalized yet increasingly particularized world. Drawing on the Indian postmodernist Homi Bhabha, the First Nations thinker Richard Twiss, and other recent writers, I seek to challenge our “modern mission” perspective and move toward accounting for biblical principles that pertain to all of Christianity in every local context. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications Indian Twiss ENVELOPE(-85.600,-85.600,-79.383,-79.383) International Bulletin of Mission Research 42 1 6 19 |
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The term “syncretism” has had a difficult life. Despite blending positive and negative ideas, in Christian mission circles syncretism has become almost exclusively negative. Rather than yet another attempt to redeem the term, this article seeks to promote “hybridity” as a more neutral term, reflecting the reality of doing mission in our contemporary globalized yet increasingly particularized world. Drawing on the Indian postmodernist Homi Bhabha, the First Nations thinker Richard Twiss, and other recent writers, I seek to challenge our “modern mission” perspective and move toward accounting for biblical principles that pertain to all of Christianity in every local context. |
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