| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 286 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary anthropology of religion |
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Contemporary anthropology of religion.
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| Contents |
People in Search of a Living -- Christianity and Seventh-day Adventism in Madagascar -- International and Local Structure of the Adventist Church -- Profiles -- Bible Study -- Knowledge of the Bible and Scientific Inquiry -- Text and Learning -- The Great Controversy -- The Construction and Rejection of Ancestral Religion -- Making Choices -- The Question of Kinship |
| Summary |
In recent years, millions of people have joined churches such as the Seventh-day Adventist which prosper enormously in different parts of the world. The Road to Clarity is one of the first ethnographic in-depth studies of this phenomenon. It is a vivid account based on almost two years of participation in ordinary church members' daily religious and non-religious lives. The book offers a fascinating inquiry into the nature of long-term commitment to Adventism among rural people in Madagascar. Eva Keller argues that the key attraction of the church lies in the excitement of study, argument, and intellectual exploration. This is a novel approach which challenges utilitarian and cultural particularist explanations of the success of this kind of Christianity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-279) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Seventh-Day Adventists -- Madagascar
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Anthropology.
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Religious groups: social & cultural aspects.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Baptist.
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Society.
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Seventh-Day Adventists
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| SUBJECT |
Madagascar -- Church history
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| Subject |
Madagascar
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781403977007 |
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1403977003 |
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1281367826 |
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9781281367822 |
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9781403970756 |
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1403970750 |
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9781403970763 |
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1403970769 |
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