Digressions on Polytropy: An Exploration of Religious Eclecticism in Eurasia
The anthropologist Michael Carrithers introduced the notion of polytropy in the field of the study of religion, proposing that this notion (deriving from the Greek poly, 'many', and tropos, 'turning') may account for the eclecticism and fluidity of South Asian religious life. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
[2019]
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Pages: 139-164 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eurasia
/ Religious pluralism
/ Eclecticism
/ Religious life
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations |
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Cosmopolitanism
B Mediterranean B monotropy B Asia B polytropy B religious contact B amiguity B Syncretism |
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