disappointed with slave maintenance of African practices‚ for example‚ polygamy and what they called excessive moving. Actually‚ even blacks who grasped Christianity in America did not totally surrender Old World religion. Rather‚ they occupied with syncretism‚ mixing Christian impacts with conventional African ceremonies and convictions. Images and questions‚ for example‚ crosses‚ were conflated with charms took by Africans to ward away shrewdness spirits. Christ was translated as a healer like the ministers
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and ancestors. Romans grasped many elements of their neighbors into the culture including the gods of the Greeks and other nations. Greeks and Romans have similar things in their mythology only the names change when the names change this is called syncretism which is a long term for blending of the religious beliefs myths and practices.
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frrdtrtads roam from place to place in search for pasture and moving with the season. Semi-nomads graze their small live stock near the fields of the settlements‚ often trading for goods obtained elsewhere and having all kinds of other interactions. This characteristic is still present in the Near East today. Nomads leave little archeological trace and are illiterate‚ so not much is known about them by direct means. However‚ some description does appear in written form: recorded by the Sumerians
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Christianized. Secretive cult in rural areas of St. Thomas and St. Catherines Traits shared with other Afro-American religions: Ceremonial drums Sacrifice of animals (usually a goat) Spirit possession Syncretism occurring with Kumina and Revival Zion Revival Zion: Result of a syncretism between Baptism and an Afro-Creole religion called “Myal” From Baptism‚ Revival Zion took the literal approach to the doctrine Added elements from Myal such as spirit possession‚ emphasis on drumming/dancing
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trances‚ and out-of-body travel to communicate with the gods on behalf of the community; the term was borrowed from the Tungus people of Siberia. Sun dance – one of the most important rituals of people of the Great Plains and northern Rockies. Syncretism – the blending of elements from two or more religious traditions; use of the term is often negative‚ suggesting contamination of a “pure” religion under the influence of a different tradition. Revitalization movements – a religious movement
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A State of Mixture by Richard Payne investigates the entwining of Zoroastrian and Christian groups in late antique Iran. Payne claims that “Zoroastrian and Christian elites‚ institutions‚ and symbols came to commingle in a political culture that the present book calls ‘a state of mixture‚’ employing a metaphor current in contemporaneous Iranian political thought.” This quote summarizes and lays out the foundation for the rest of the arguments that he covers in his book‚ arguably making it his thesis
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‚ but it forced me to wonder more about why the female nude was so amazing as a tool for art and why this is repeated so many times throughout the centuries. One female nude painting in particular was the subject of controversy and exposed the syncretism and or the power of the female nude painting. When Edouard Manet’s painting Olympia‚ was painted in 1863. It was hung in the Salon in Paris in 1865.It was one of Manet’s most famous paintings. It is saluted with taunts‚ laughter‚ criticism‚
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Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 3 3 out of 3 points | | | By definition‚ “__________________” is the blending of ideas and values from different or opposing worldviews.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Syncretism | | | | | * Question 4 3 out of 3 points | | | The cultural relativist believes that moral beliefs are nothing more than cultural norms.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | | | | | * Question 5 3 out of 3
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Was Conflict Between Native North Americans and English Settlers Inevitable? Introduction " Until the lions tell their stories‚ the hunter will always be the hero .” History is basically written about the victors. The version that tends to make a group look better is always told. There are many examples in history such as the history between the Natives and English settlers. People may argue how Europeans coming to America‚ invading Native North Americans
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PostClassical Western Europe and Post Classical SubSaharan Africa are two civilizations that had many similar and different customs and ways of life‚ some of which are still practiced today. These civilizations developed with little contact between each other and were extremely contrasting‚ and yet many similarities can be found between them. Even though they had differences‚ such as religions‚ origins‚ and organization‚ they are similar in many political‚ economical‚ and social aspects‚ such as
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