Assimilation of two or more originally discrete religious traditions

Syncretism

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Syncretism

Syncretism (<a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/ˈsɪŋkrəˌtɪzəm, ˈsɪn-/</a>)<a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a> is the practice of combining different beliefs and various <a href="/en/School_of_thought" title="School of thought" class="wl">schools of thought</a>. Syncretism involves the merging or <a href="/en/Religious_assimilation" title="Religious assimilation" class="wl">assimilation</a> of several originally discrete <a href="/en/Tradition" title="Tradition" class="wl">traditions</a>, especially in the <a href="/en/Theology" title="Theology" class="wl">theology</a> and <a href="/en/Mythology" title="Mythology" class="mw-redirect wl">mythology</a> of <a href="/en/Religion" title="Religion" class="wl">religion</a>, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an <a href="/en/Inclusivism" title="Inclusivism" class="wl">inclusive</a> approach to other faiths. Syncretism also occurs commonly in expressions of <a href="/en/Art" title="Art" class="wl">art</a> and <a href="/en/Culture" title="Culture" class="wl">culture</a>, known as <a href="/en/Eclecticism" title="Eclecticism" class="wl">eclecticism</a>, as well as in <a href="/en/Politics" title="Politics" class="wl">politics</a>, known as <a href="/en/Syncretic_politics" title="Syncretic politics" class="wl">syncretic politics</a>.

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Syncretism  is the practice of combining  different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation of several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of religion, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an inclusive approach to other faiths. Syncretism also occurs commonly in expressions of art and culture, known as eclecticism, as well as in politics, known as syncretic politics. 