Compare the role of syncretism in the conversions of new peoples to Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam
What will be an ideal response?
A. Role of syncretism
1. combining different, often contradictory beliefs, while melding practices of
various schools of thought
2. asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an inclusive approach to
other faiths
B. Syncretism in Christianity
1. Native American influences fused with Christianity and paganism
2. in Europe combination of rites and rituals to protect ordinary lives
along with scripture and sacraments
3. in Brazil, growing Catholic sensitivity to the native heritage of potential
converts combined culture with religion
4. British and Dutch colonies lack of missionaries allowed combination of
African religions
5. Spiritual Franciscans mingled with Native American tradition
6. old gods continued to mediate between humans and nature
C. Syncretism in Buddhism
1. seventeenth-century Japan, embraced both Buddhism and native religion
2. the monk Keichu used scriptures along with other old myths to be the
basis of a born-again local religion
3. old gods reemerged as Buddhist deities
D. Syncretism in Islam
1. rival creeds and communions stimulated new thinking
2. Sikhism, which blended elements of Hindu and Muslim tradition
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