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Syncretism and Western world

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Difference between Syncretism and Western world

Syncretism vs. Western world

Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought. The Western world refers to various nations depending on the context, most often including at least part of Europe and the Americas.

Similarities between Syncretism and Western world

Syncretism and Western world have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Catholic Church, Cultural assimilation, Empire, Islam, Religion, Theology, Tradition.

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Cultural assimilation

Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group.

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Empire

An empire is defined as "an aggregate of nations or people ruled over by an emperor or other powerful sovereign or government, usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, Spanish Empire, Portuguese Empire, French Empire, Persian Empire, Russian Empire, German Empire, Abbasid Empire, Umayyad Empire, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, or Roman Empire".

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Theology

Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine.

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Tradition

A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.

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Syncretism and Western world Comparison

Syncretism has 44 relations, while Western world has 321. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 1.92% = 7 / (44 + 321).

References

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