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 exploration effectu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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CERES / KHK Bochum
2019-04-01
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Series: | Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer |
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Online Access: | https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/8282 |