| Description |
xiii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Anthropology of Christianity |
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Anthropology of Christianity ; 1 |
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Anthropology of Christianity.
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| Contents |
Religion's reach -- Beliefs, words, and selves -- Religion, culture, and the colonies -- Conversion's histories -- Umbu Neka's conversion -- Fetishism and the word -- Modern sincerity -- Materialism, missionaries, and modern subjects -- Text, act, objectifications -- Money is no object |
| Summary |
"Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and practices linking the concept of modernity to that of human emancipation. To explore these links, the author undertakes a rich ethnographic study of the century-long encounter, from the colonial Dutch East Indies to post-independence Indonesia, among Calvinist missionaries, their converts, and those who resist conversion. This book illuminates a wide range of debates in social and cultural theory as it explores language, materiality, and morality".--BOOKJACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-314) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
EBL |
| Subject |
Anthropology of religion -- Indonesia -- Sumba Island.
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Calvinism -- Comparative studies.
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Calvinists -- Missions -- Indonesia -- Sumba Island -- History.
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Christianity and culture -- Indonesia -- Sumba Island.
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Christianity and other religions -- Indonesia -- Sumba Island.
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Conversion -- Christianity.
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Fetishism -- Indonesia -- Sumba Island.
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Missions -- Indonesia -- History.
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Missions, Dutch -- History.
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Religion and culture.
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Sumbanese (Indonesian people) -- Missions.
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Sumbanese (Indonesian people) -- Religion.
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Sumbanese (Indonesian people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
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| SUBJECT |
Indonesia -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115469
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Netherlands http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78085423 -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
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Sumba Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130409 -- Religious life and customs.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007603
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Sumba Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130409 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| LC no. |
2006019220 |
| ISBN |
0520246519 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520246527 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780520246515 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520246522 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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