The Sacromonte affair was religious entryism, not syncretism

Evidence

There is in the terminology of modern politics a term that fits much better, but I fear it is unlikely to be adopted for use in our field for it came into being against the background of murky incidents in the history of the British labor movement. The word I am thinking of is “entryism.” It achieved some currency in politics in the days when there took place a determined Trotskyite bid to win control of the British labor movement (the phenomenon it describes is certainly not a specifically British one). “Entryism” refers to a type of infiltration whereby a concerted (and usually clandestine) attempt is made to take over and subvert a movement (a party, a trade union) or an ideology. A small but well-organized group of individuals who are really opposed to the aims of a movement or party nevertheless enter it, join it, and proceed patiently to win positions of power and influence inside it, eventually transforming it into a tool serving the ends of their own ideology. The Sacromonte affair might best be described, so it seems to me, as a case of religious “entryism,” rather than of “syncretism.” — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1233 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Sacromonte forgeries were likely a Morisco creation, not a Church one — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1327; The Sacromonte texts represent a covert Islamic takeover attempt, not religious fusion. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1233; Rome itself read the Sacromonte texts as a disguised shift toward Islam. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1237 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The Sacromonte texts represent a covert Islamic takeover attempt, not religious fusion. #expands (0.95) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1233