Religions of transitional type ( on the basis of the material of the Afro-Cuban religious syncretism)

Authors

  • Anton Nikolaevich DANNENBERG РАНХиГС при Президенте Российской Федерации , Russian academy of the national economy and public administration under the President of the Russian Federation Автор

Keywords:

syncretism, catholicism, Yoruba, santeria, christianity, assimilation, Olodumare

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of religious syncretism, which is considered by using the example of Afro-Cuban religious beliefs. The issues of the syncretic beliefs beginnnings are studied, as well as dynamics of their development. The specifics of the syncretic theurgy is analysed, as well as of dykchotonomy of the syncretic consciousness as a consequence of the theological synthesis.

Published

2011-05-15

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