syncretism
<p><b>Syncretism</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm/</a>) is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_thought" title="School of thought">schools of thought</a>. Syncretism involves the merger and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy" title="Analogy">analogizing</a> of several originally discrete <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition" title="Tradition">traditions</a>, especially in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology" title="Mythology">mythology</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusivism" title="Inclusivism">inclusive</a> approach to other faiths. Syncretism also occurs commonly in expressions of arts and culture (known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclecticism" title="Eclecticism">eclecticism</a>) as well as politics (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretic_politics" title="Syncretic politics">syncretic politics</a>).</p>
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