Anita Maria Leopold
Biographic Data
| ID | 4166400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anita Maria Leopold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anita Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Leopold |
| SIGNATURE | LEOPOLD A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Relocating Syncretism in Social Science Discourse
Syncretism is considered a pejorative term in some quarters today; cer-tainly it acquired deprecatory overtones in the past, and these negative associations have caused anthropologists to doubt whether the term can or should be used in current writing. The first issue to consider is which histories and which regional ethnographic traditions, if any, anthropologists should feel themselves governed by.
Syncretism in Religion
Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, culture and ethnicity are pure entities that may become mixed in encounter and lead to impure, hybrid forms. 'Syncretism in Religion' presents a selection of essays committed to solving the problems of syncretism. The essays reflect the full breadth of religious traditions that could be called syncr…
Syncretism in Religion
Long a fascinating but problematic category of religious studies, "syncretism" is an elastic term that describes a wide range of practices characterized by the mixing or overlap of traditions. Syncretism in Religion offers the student a broad selection of essays, both classical contributions to the study of syncretism and new essays commissioned especially for this volume. Some important selections appear here in English for the first time. Also …
"Ph.d.-afhandling om "Syncretism
Synkretisme
On the basis of the notion of syncretism this article discusses the issues of constructing new religious identities in the history of Christian mission. ‘Syncretism’ represents one of the more controversial categories in the study of religion that have been exposed to solid scholarly critic, partly because of the notion’s problematic situation in the history of Christian mission. In spite of the problems of definition ‘syncretism’ may function as…
På sporet af en mytes oprindelse
This article is a rereading of Friedrich Max Müller’s theory of the origin and growth of religion and mythology in the light of modern cognitive theories. The intention of this research is to draw attention to Max Müller’s linguistic and cognitive hypothesis of mythology and religion and compare it to modern cognitive theories presented by Mark Turner, Gilles Fauconnier, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. In the theory of Max Müller, notions such as…
Per Bilde & Mikael Rothstein
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Per Bilde & Mikael Rothstein
På sporet af en mytes oprindelse
This article is a rereading of Friedrich Max Müller’s theory of the origin and growth of religion and mythology in the light of modern cognitive theories. The intention of this research is to draw attention to Max Müller’s linguistic and cognitive hypothesis of mythology and religion and compare it to modern cognitive theories presented by Mark Turner, Gilles Fauconnier, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. In the theory of Max Müller, notions such as…
Synkretisme
On the basis of the notion of syncretism this article discusses the issues of constructing new religious identities in the history of Christian mission. ‘Syncretism’ represents one of the more controversial categories in the study of religion that have been exposed to solid scholarly critic, partly because of the notion’s problematic situation in the history of Christian mission. In spite of the problems of definition ‘syncretism’ may function as…
"Ph.d.-afhandling om "Syncretism
Relocating Syncretism in Social Science Discourse
Syncretism is considered a pejorative term in some quarters today; cer-tainly it acquired deprecatory overtones in the past, and these negative associations have caused anthropologists to doubt whether the term can or should be used in current writing. The first issue to consider is which histories and which regional ethnographic traditions, if any, anthropologists should feel themselves governed by.
Syncretism in Religion
Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, culture and ethnicity are pure entities that may become mixed in encounter and lead to impure, hybrid forms. 'Syncretism in Religion' presents a selection of essays committed to solving the problems of syncretism. The essays reflect the full breadth of religious traditions that could be called syncr…
Syncretism in Religion
Long a fascinating but problematic category of religious studies, "syncretism" is an elastic term that describes a wide range of practices characterized by the mixing or overlap of traditions. Syncretism in Religion offers the student a broad selection of essays, both classical contributions to the study of syncretism and new essays commissioned especially for this volume. Some important selections appear here in English for the first time. Also …
Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Syncretism (linguistics) (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works)