Umbanda and Hybridity.
Scholars of religion continue to talk of syncretism where their colleagues have moved on to talk of hybridity. This paper reviews critiques of the latter concept and argues that “hybridity” can be a useful concept, but only if further specified. I follow Peter Wade in distinguishing between hybridit...
| Publicado en: | Numen: International Review for the History of Religions Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 545 - 578 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2009
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