When asked "What religion do you follow?" the typical answer is to name a specific group, or to respond "None." An increasing number of people, however, are int

Long a fascinating but problematic category of religious studies, "syncretism" is an elastic term that describes a wide range of practices characterized by the

The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mist