Saints and Syncretism in Global Christian Art explores the cult of saints and its impact on visual culture through a phenomenon called syncretism, a process by which artists integrate diverse cultural ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The terms "idolatry" and "syncretism" are widely and sometimes promiscuously used to describe ancient Israelite religious practices; however, ...

Tom Beaudoin, the liberal Catholic theology professor at Fordham who has been protesting with Occupy Wall Street (you might remember his recent call for Catholics to “occupy” their own parishes), has ...

Recently, I've had the pleasure of building a friendship with Darius Jamshidian. Many of us know Darius by sight, but not necessarily by name. He is the owner of multiple local Subway franchises and ...

Rumi's philosophy embodies the core of Sufism, advocating for universal acceptance and compassion. The article discusses how ...

One of the great gatherings of Christianity will take place next month in a nation whose population is 98% nonChristian. In New Delhi, India, delegates from 175 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox ...

Religion cannot be defined without taking into consideration the history of the region in which it is practised and which gives it the identity that people can relate with. Religion is the evolution ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Modern studies of Buddhism and Chinese religion often refer to an indigenous Chinese Pure Land "school" that arose in the medieval period.

One of the first things many people learn about Japan is that there are two religions, Shinto and Buddhism. Shinto is the native animistic belief, while Buddhism was imported from China via Korea in ...