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When you wed the American independent streak with a postmodern skepticism toward institutions, you set the stage for what theologians call "syncretism," which is the blending of elements from various faiths into a new form of spirituality. Like grazing at the buffet table at a sumptuous banquet, syncretists adopt doctrines that seem appropriate to them and leave behind others that they regard as offensive or outdated. Orthodoxy becomes "flexidoxy."