Journal of Africana Religions, Vol. 7, No. 1, Special Issue: East African and Indian Ocean Perspectives (2019), pp. 112-120 (9 pages) https://doi.org/10.5325 ...

I’d argue that a central bane of civilization is an obsession with purity. Captivating the human imagination, purity grounds folly, death and misery. How much money have empires, kingdoms, kings, ...

Hanukkah isn’t for everyone. This has been true since its beginnings, as it celebrates victory in internecine military conflict and a triumph over assimilation. Even so, the majority of the 15 million ...

The Rigveda enumerates 33 devas or ‘shining ones’, representing primarily the forces of nature. Of these, three were important: Agni or fire, Indra or rain, and Soma, a plant. The popular deities ...

Religion cannot be defined without taking into consideration the history of the region in which it is practised and which gives it the identity that people can relate with. Religion is the evolution ...

Syncretism means the bringing together what may seem disparate but in reality are elements that forge a stronger alloy or combination. It also might be termed work to complement substitutes or ...

Two pastors in the 2.6 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) have accused denomination president Gerald B. Kieschnick of promoting syncretism and unionism. They say he should be ...