Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation of several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of religion, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an inclusive approach to other faiths.

Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition.

Religious syncretism, the fusion of diverse religious beliefs and practices. The fusion of cultures that was effected by the conquest of Alexander the Great (4th century BCE), his successors, and the Roman Empire resulted in a strong tendency toward religious syncretism.

Moral syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory moral beliefs, often while melding the ethical practices of various schools of thought. [citation needed]

Syncretism is a word that describes a process of combining ideas from different systems of thought to form a new system of thought. The word is used in philosophy , in the history of religions, but also linguistics , literary studies and psychology .

2019年9月10日 · Syncretism happens when two different religious, cultural, or political traditions blend and form something new. It is not to be confused with multiculturalism, which is more of a “tossed salad” of cultures and ideas.

2018年1月31日 · Syncretism is the formation of new religious ideas from multiple distinct sources, often contradictory sources. All religions (as well as philosophies, systems of ethics, cultural norms, etc.) possess some level of syncretism because ideas do not exist in a vacuum.

2024年11月23日 · By surface analysis, syn- +‎ Crete +‎ -ism (“Crete joining together”). syncretism (countable and uncountable, plural syncretisms) (chiefly religion) The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).

2023年9月11日 · Syncretism is the process by which aspects of one religion are assimilated into, or blended with, another religion. This leads to fundamental changes in both religions. The New Testament period was one of widespread syncretism.

Any time aspects of two different cultural traditions blend and become something new, it’s syncretism. However, syncretism is potentially quite different from diversity, or multi-culturalism. The ideal of the ‘melting pot’ is syncretic because the things that go into a melting pot lose their original identity and become something new.