Title Violence and religious change in the Pacific Islands / Garry Trompf

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence Elements in religion and violence. Summary This Element considers patterns of violent behaviour among the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands while their vast region has been undergoing religious change, overwhelmingly toward Christianity. Major topics researched are religion-based violent reactions to early intruders (including missionaries); new religious movements resisting unwanted interference (including 'cargo cults'); anti-colonial rebellions inspired by spiritual impetuses both indigenous and introduced; and the persistence of traditional modes of violence (tribal fighting, sorcery and tough punishments) adapted to altered conditions Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 10, 2023) Subject Violence -- Religious aspects. Christianity -- Islands of the Pacific Christianity. Religion. Violence -- Religious aspects. SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific -- Religion Subject Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009091336 1009091336

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