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-Religion as ideology #+Do religions mix? #
  
-## Religion as ideologyor Global Christianity and neoliberalism  ##+## "Syncretic" religion"creole" culture and the politics of authenticity ##
  
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-16 April 2015+13 April 2016
  
 Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/6 Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/6
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 ### Readings ### ### Readings ###
  
-RudnyckyjDaromir2009. “Market Islam in Indonesia.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 15S183201. doi:10.1111/j.1467–9655.2009.01549.x.+RombergRaquel1998. “Whose Spirits Are They?: The Political Economy of Syncretism and Authenticity.” Journal of Folklore Research 35 (1)6982.
  
-WiegeleKatharine L2013. “Reframing Suffering and Success through the El Shaddai Movement of the Philippines.” Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 5 (2): 6688http://ejournals.ph/index.php?journal=dlsu-apssr&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=6741+PalmiéStephan2013a. “Mixed Blessings and Sorrowful Mysteries: Second Thoughts about 'Hybridity'” Current Anthropology 54 (4): 463–82. doi:10.1086/671196. 
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 +———. 2013b. The Cooking of History: How Not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 
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 +Stewart, Charles. 1999. “Syncretism and Its Synonyms: Reflections on Cultural Mixture.” Diacritics 29 (3): 4062doi:10.1353/dia.1999.0023. 
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 +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 ### ### Other media ###
  
-OsteenJoel. 2015. “Choosing Faith In Spite Of The Facts 2015.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A1Akgz7FU0&feature=youtube_gdata_playerAccessed February 15, 2015. +MovsesianMark. 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. 
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 +MeakinsFelicity. 2015. “Some Australian Indigenous Languages You Should Know.” The Conversation. May 8. http://theconversation.com/some-australian-indigenous-languages-you-should-know-40155. 
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 + 
 +## "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? 
 + 
 + 
 + 
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 +## Syncretic religions ## 
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 +* 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 OsteenWhy is his "prosperity gospelso 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 Culturepp. 281-289. New York: The Macmillan Company. 
-- Robinson Crusoe and Marx +
-- Religionthe 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.
  
  
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