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-# Religion as ideology #
+# Do religions mix? #
-## Religion as ideology, or Global Christianity and neoliberalism  ##
+## "Syncretic" religion, "creole" culture and the politics of authenticity ##
 Ryan Schram
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 ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au
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 ### Readings ###
-Rudnyckyj, Daromir. 2009. “Market Islam in Indonesia.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 15: S183–201. doi:10.1111/j.1467–9655.2009.01549.x.
+Romberg, Raquel. 1998. “Whose Spirits Are They?: The Political Economy of Syncretism and Authenticity.” Journal of Folklore Research 35 (1): 69–82.
-Wiegele, Katharine L. 2013. “Reframing Suffering and Success through the El Shaddai Movement of the Philippines.” Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 5 (2): 66–88. http://ejournals.ph/index.php?journal=dlsu-apssr&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=6741.
+Palmié, Stephan. 2013a. “Mixed Blessings and Sorrowful Mysteries: Second Thoughts about 'Hybridity'” Current Anthropology 54 (4): 463–82. doi:10.1086/671196.
+———. 2013b. The Cooking of History: How Not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
+Stewart, Charles. 1999. “Syncretism and Its Synonyms: Reflections on Cultural Mixture.” Diacritics 29 (3): 40–62. doi:10.1353/dia.1999.0023.
+Stewart, Charles, and Rosalind Shaw, eds. 1994. Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis. London: Routledge.
-Cahn, Peter S. 2006. “Building Down and Dreaming Up: Finding Faith in a Mexican Multilevel Marketer.” American Ethnologist 33 (1): 126–42. doi:10.1525/ae.2006.33.1.126.
 ### Other media ###
-Osteen, Joel. 2015. “Choosing Faith In Spite Of The Facts 2015.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A1Akgz7FU0&feature=youtube_gdata_player. Accessed February 15, 2015.
+Movsesian, Mark. 2015. “Yoga at the University: Those Canadian Students Have a Point.” First Things. November 30. http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2015/11/yoga-at-the-university.
+Meakins, Felicity. 2015. “Some Australian Indigenous Languages You Should Know.” The Conversation. May 8. http://theconversation.com/some-australian-indigenous-languages-you-should-know-40155.
+## "Practical" and "ethical" religions? ##
+  * Practical: healing, protection, solving problems
+  * Ethical: Being good, achieving salvation, seeking truth
+  * From James's perspective, do these ideal types apply to Horizon and Vodou?
+## Theories of culture and culture contact ##
+* Diffusionism and historical particularism
+  * Diffusionism: Cultural traits or patterns are invented and established in one culture, and then spread to other cultures, leading the recipients to change.
+  * Franz Boas (1940, 281): "Each cultural group has its own unique history, dependent partly upon the peculiar inner development of the social group, and partly upon the foreign influences to which it has been subjected." (Boas 1940 [1929], 286)
+* Creolization
+  * Creole languages, e.g. Haitian //kreol//, Jamaican //patois//, etc.
+  * Ulf Hannerz: creole languages : "creole" cultures
+  * The creolization of culture creates a new culture. Is it a "modern" culture? Why or why not?
+## Syncretic religions ##
+* What are some examples of religions based on syncretism?
+* Is the Twelve Tribes a syncretic religion?
+* Is the Horizon Christian Fellowship?
+* Is Christianity itself syncretic?
+* What if there are syncretic religions but we do not label them that way? Why wouldn't we?
+## The term 'syncretism' ##
+* Alliance
+* Political union
+* Mutual recognition of sacraments
+* Borrowing, corruption, acculturation, transition...
+## The politics of syncretism and antisyncretism ##
-Search for more videos and information about Joel Osteen. Why is his "prosperity gospel" so controversial?
+* [[http://honisoit.com/2014/11/university-rescinds-racist-theme-for-end-of-year-staff-party/|University of Sydney staff holiday party, 2014: "Theme: Mexican fiesta. Bring your ponchos and sombreros!"]]
+* Yoga or mindful stretching?
+* Dreadlocks
-## Key ideas for this week ##
+## References ##
-- The ideology of individualism - whose interests are served?
+Boas, Franz. 1940 [1920]. "The Methods of Ethnology." In Race, Language and Culture, pp. 281-289. New York: The Macmillan Company.
-- Robinson Crusoe and [[:karl_marx|Karl Marx]]
-- Religion, the good life and success
-- Success as a worldly vocation, success as a false consciousness
+Stewart, Charles, and Rosalind Shaw, eds. 1994. Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis. Routledge.