"Syncretism in Religion is a selection of essays for students and scholars on the many phenomena that come under the heading of 'syncretism'. It is a volume committed to solving the problems of syncretism instead of abolishing the category, which has for so long been controversi…
In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organisation often runs counter to popular expectations by experimenting with communal living, alternative leadership roles, unusual economic dispositions, and…
"From even before the time of Alexander the Great, the Greek gods spread throughout the Mediterranean, carried by settlers and largely adopted by the indigenous populations. By the third century BC, gods bearing Greek names were worshipped everywhere from Spain to Afghanistan, w…
"Indigenous societies around the world have been historically disparaged by European explorers, colonial officials and Christian missionaries. Nowhere was this more evident than in early descriptions of indigenous religions as savage, primitive, superstitious and fetishistic. La…
by Diez Hurtado, Alejandro, Leon-Portilla, Miguel, Saranyana, Josep-Ignasi, Ávila Molero, Javier, Armas Asin, Fernando, Salazar-Soler, Carmen, Albó, Xavier, Millones, Luis, Makowski, Krzysztof, Alexander Bailey, Gauvin, Altamirano, Teófilo, Antonio Benito Rodríguez, José, Cristina Torales Pacheco, María, Curatola Petrocchi, Marco, Del Rey Fajardo S.J, José, de la Torre López, Arturo, Guibovich Perez, Pedro, Gutiérrez Estévez, Manuel, Kaulicke, Peter, Klaiber S.J, Jeffrey, Luis González M, José, M. Ossio, Juan, Mujica Bermúdez, Luis, Negro Tua, Sandra, O'Phelan Godoy, Scarlett, Peña Jumpa, Antonio, Ráez, Manuel, Rojas Zolezzi, Martha, Romero, Catalina, Sánchez Paredes, José
El padre Manuel Marzal, S.J., fue un eminente investigador de la religión andina y sus transformaciones a través del tiempo, así como de las manifestaciones culturales y religiosas de los sectores populares del Perú, la historia intelectual y la actividad evangelizadora de la Or…
