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Beyond conversion and syncretism indigenous encounters with missionary Christianity, 1800-2000 /

Table of Contents: “…Conversion and its complexities -- pt. II. Syncretism and its alternatives.…”
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A Theology of the in-between the value of syncretic process / by Starkloff, Carl F., 1933-2008

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Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / by Oliver, José R.

Table of Contents: “…-- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquén -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks.…”
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The sun god and the savior the christianization of the Nahua and Totonac of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico / by Stresser-Péan, Guy

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Contested conversions to Islam narratives of religious change in the early modern Ottoman Empire / by Krstić, Tijana

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : turning "Rumi" : conversion to Islam, fashioning of the Ottoman imperial ideology, and interconfessional relations in the early modern Mediterranean context -- Muslims through narratives : textual repertoires of fifteenth-century Ottoman Islam and formation of the Ottoman interpretative communities -- Toward an Ottoman Rumi identity : the polemical arena of syncretism and the debate on the place of converts in fifteenth-century Ottoman polity -- In expectation of the Messiah : interimperial rivalry, apocalypse, and conversion in sixteenth-century Muslim polemical narratives -- Illuminated by the light of Islam and the glory of the Ottoman Sultanate : self-narratives of conversion to Islam in the age of confessionalization -- Between the turban and the papal tiara : Orthodox Christian neomartyrs and their impresarios in the age of confessionalization -- Everyday communal politics of coexistence and Orthodox Christian martyrdom : a dialogue of sources and gender regimes in the age of confessionalization -- Conclusion : conversion and confessionalization in the Ottoman Empire: considerations for future research.…”
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