The intervening 7th century was a period of genuine syncretism during which Christian symbolism and doctrine gradually grew in influence.

Some religious movements have embraced overt syncretism, such as the case of melding Shintō beliefs into Buddhism or the amalgamation of Germanic and Celtic pagan views into Christianity during its spread into Gaul, the British Isles, Germany, and Scandinavia.

Hence the worship of this figure is a syncretism which can be best seen during the week of Ash Wednesday when many clad in Aztec dress dance and perform ancient rituals in front of the parish church below and the sanctuary church on the hill.

This syncretism, coupled with ideas prevalent during the military dicatorship, has resulted in a church for the secular, based on philosopher Auguste Comte's principles of positivism, based at the Positivist Church of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

The Alamanni became Christians only after a period of syncretism during the 7th century, by gradual emulation of the new religion of the Merovingian èlite.

Religious tolerance and syncretism were stressed during the Licchavi period.

In 1997 the Royal Library, Brussels, observed the fiftieth anniversary of Cumont's death appropriately, with a colloquium on syncretism in the Mediterranean world of Antiquity.

Hellenistic Alexandrian culture expressed religion through a syncretism that included influences from Egypt, Chaldea, Greece etc.

Both these very good early references in Cicero ( most ancient Trismegistus material is from early centuries CE ) corroborate the view that Thrice-Great Hermes originated in Hellenistic Egypt through syncretism with Egyptian gods ( the Hermetica refer most often to Thoth and Amun ).

The last " Greek " philosophers of the revived Akademia in the 6th century were drawn from various parts of the Hellenistic cultural world and suggest the broad syncretism of the common culture ( see koine ): Five of the seven Akademia philosophers mentioned by Agathias were Syriac in their cultural origin: Hermias and Diogenes ( both from Phoenicia ), Isidorus of Gaza, Damascius of Syria, Iamblichus of Coele-Syria and perhaps even Simplicius of Cilicia.

The review contains information on the religious syncretism in the Hellenistic and Roman Decapolis.

Greco-Buddhism was the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed in the Indo-Greek Kingdoms.

However, the works of art found in Bagram are either quite purely Hellenistic, Roman, Chinese or Indian, with only little indications of the cultural syncretism found in Greco-Buddhist art.

Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE in the area covered by the Indian sub-continent, and modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-western border regions of modern India.

Regarded as Jewish literature, it is cited as the best example of syncretism between Jewish and Hellenistic thought.

This capacity permits the religious syncretism that flourishes from the Hellenistic era into late antiquity, until the imposition of monotheism under Christian domination.

From these complex experiences was born in 2008 his third book of travels, Con il Buddha di Alessando Magno, long and passionate journey along the paths of the Art of Gandhara, that's to say the syncretism of the preaching of Buddha and the Hellenistic culture brought by Alexander to the Indus.

The last " Greek " philosophers of the revived Academy in the 6th century were drawn from various parts of the Hellenistic cultural world and suggest the broad syncretism of the common culture ( see koine ): Five of the seven Academy philosophers mentioned by Agathias were Syriac in their cultural origin: Hermias and Diogenes ( both from Phoenicia ), Isidorus of Gaza, Damascius of Syria, Iamblichus of Coele-Syria and perhaps even Simplicius of Cilicia.

From the late 2nd century, an increasing religious syncretism in Rome's traditional religions presents Bona Dea as one of many aspects of Virgo Caelestis, the celestial Virgin, Great Mother of the gods, whom later Mariologists identify as prototype for the Virgin Mary in Christian theology.

The cult of Nergal does not appear to have spread as widely as that of Ninurta, but in the late Babylonian and early Persian period, syncretism seems to have fused the two divinities, which were invoked together as if they were identical.

In the late neo-Babylonian and early Persian period, syncretism seems to have fused Ninurta's character with that of Nergal.

Bosch suggested that in order to not fall into the two extremes of syncretism or " Babylonian captivity ," self-theologizing must be in dialogue with the universal ' invisible ' church.

Other Ojibwa names for God incorporated through the process of syncretism are Gizhe-manidoo (" venerable Manidoo "), Wenizhishid-manidoo (" Fair Manidoo ") and Gichi-ojichaag (" Great Spirit ").

Traditional pre-Christian elements are often adopted into modern Christian and secular wedding ceremonies in many parts of Europe ( syncretism ), and a handfasting-style ceremony is also practised outside of the Neopagan subculture.

A great variety of new religious movements originated in the 20th century, many proposing syncretism of elements of established religions.

Other examples of syncretism include Judeo-Paganists, a loosely organized set of Jews who incorporate pagan or Wiccan beliefs with some Jewish religious practices, like Messianic Judaism ; Jewish Buddhists, another loosely organized group that incorporates elements of Asian spirituality in their faith ; and some Renewal Jews who borrow freely and openly from Buddhism, Sufism, Native American religion, and other faiths.

Others state that the term syncretism is an elusive one, and can be applied to refer to substitution or modification of the central elements of Christianity or Islam of beliefs or practices introduced from somewhere else.

It may be regarded as a criticism of some elements of Maimonides ' syncretism of Aristotelianism and rabbinic Jewish thought.

However, scholars of NRMs in the west have noted the growing significance of religious syncretism, where nominal adherents of established religions import elements such as Buddhist meditation techniques, Hindu yoga methods or New Age visualisations.

Although syncretism still seems to be prevalent, in recent years the lessening of religious and racial prejudices has given rise to a " traditionalist " movement in Candomblé, that rejects the Christian elements and seeks to recreate a " pure " cult based exclusively in Africa.

The Saci-Pererê concept shows some syncretism with Christian elements: he bolts away when faced with crosses, leaving behind a sulphurous smell — classical attributes of the devil in Christian folklore.

Others state that the term syncretism is an elusive, since it can be applied to refer to substitution or modification of the central elements of Christianity or Islam with beliefs or practices from somewhere else.

Based on her research in Martinique, this three-part performance integrated elements of a Martinique fighting dance into American ballet to achieve a remarkable degree of syncretism.

Many Manusela and Nuaulu people of Seram follow Naurus, a syncretism of Hinduism with animist and Protestant elements.

Other Sino-Mauritians are Protestant, Buddhist or Taoist ; typically, some syncretism occurs among the latter two, incorporating elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and traditional ancestor worship.

The perceived decline lamented by the purists, may take the form of change of vocabulary, syncretism of grammatical elements, or loanwords.

The lyrics of the album are based on scriptures by Paramahansa Yogananda, linking Eastern, Pre-Columbian, and Western motifs for an expression of the esotericism and syncretism that are typical elements of Mayanism.

Her speech created a furor and she was accused of syncretism, that is, combining Christian teachings and practices with elements of other traditions.

Thus Osiris was identified explicitly with Apis, really an aspect of Ptah, who had already been identified as Osiris by this point, and a syncretism of the two was created, known as Serapis, and depicted as a standard Greek god.

Greco-Buddhism ( or Græco-Buddhism ) was the syncretism between the culture of Classical Greece and Buddhism in the then Gandhara region of modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE.

The Romans easily accomplished this task by subsuming the entire set of gods from other faiths into their own religion ; this was done on rare occasion by adding a new god to their own pantheon ; on most occasions they identified another religion's gods with their own, see syncretism which can be a form of Inclusivism.

The entry of Buddhism into China was marked by interaction and syncretism, with Taoism in particular.

This is probably because in the Roman syncretism, Mercury was equated with the Celtic god Lugus, and in this aspect was commonly accompanied by the Celtic goddess Rosmerta.

This Buddha was identified with the Sun Goddess, and a gradual syncretism of Buddhism and Shinto ensued.

The hooded health god was known as Telesphorus specifically and may have originated as a Greco-Gallic syncretism with the Galatians in Anatolia in the 3rd century BC.

" Religious syncretism, however, remained thoroughgoing in Khmer society: the state religion of Shaivism was not necessarily abrogated by Suryavarman's turn to Vishnu, and the temple may well have housed a royal lingam.

Hunab Ku was closely associated with an indigenous creator god, Itzamna, in an effort to make use of religious syncretism.

More generally, this philosophical syncretism was set out at the expense of some of the doctrines included within it, and it is possible that Steuco ’ s critical faculties were not up to the task he had set himself.

This Christ myth was not based on a tradition reaching back to a historical Jesus, but on the Old Testament exegesis in the context of Jewish-Hellenistic religious syncretism heavily influenced by Middle Platonism, and what the authors believed to be mystical visions of a risen Jesus.

During the colonial era, Africa's Gold Coast was a hotbed of musical syncretism.

In this spirit, Pico della Mirandola, who was not a humanist but an Aristotelian trained in Paris, attempted to construct a syncretism of all religions, but his work did not win favor with Church authorities.

The entry of Buddhism into China was marked by interaction and syncretism with Taoism in particular.

With the advent of Christianity, via a process of religious syncretism, the symbolism of the egg was changed to represent, not nature's rebirth, but the rebirth of man.

Its peak of influence came in the 1910s ; by the 1920s, it was still influential but had begun an era of competition and syncretism with opposing or complementary ideas.

Sulis was not the only goddess exhibiting syncretism with Minerva.

Others claim that Sundiata was a nominal Muslim with syncretism practices.

The presence of stupas at the Greek city of Sirkap, which was built by Demetrius around 180 BCE, already indicates a strong syncretism between Hellenism and the Buddhist faith, together with other religions such as Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.

A strong artistic syncretism was stimulated, as indicated by the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.