[Jerry_M]

While "syncretism" is often thought of as an embracing of other traditions by Christianity (as, for example, the amalgamation of pagan ritual with Catholicism as seen in many rural parts of Mexico, the adoption of ancient dances during Catholic feast days in New Mexican pueblos, etc.), I was using it in a broader sense.

Is it not true that the Eastern tradition sees salvation as a cooperation between God and man? As such, it is a syncretistic operation involving the melding of the will of man with the grace of God.

This is a syncretism that I reject, choosing instead to proclaim that "Salvation is of the LORD". I consider that my salvation is the work of the Holy Spirit in changing me from the worthless worm that I was into a son of the King. I had no desire to please Him until such time as he changed my desire.

[FormerLib]

Is it not true that the Eastern tradition sees salvation as a cooperation between God and man? As such, it is a syncretistic operation involving the melding of the will of man with the grace of God.

I'd say you're close but not quite on the money here. The Eastern tradition holds that God extends grace and man accepts it. That's not the same, to me anyhow, as a 'melding' of the two. Without God's grace extended to all, it wouldn't matter what man wanted.