ISBN:
3-7186-5449-0
,
978-3-7186-5449-9
ISSN:
1055-2464
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 299 Seiten
Series Statement:
Studies in Anthropology and History 10
Keywords:
Salomonen Kwara'ae
;
Geschichte
;
Ethnographie
;
Religion
;
Christentum
;
Kulturwandel
Abstract:
Explores how and why a Pacific Islands people, fiercely attached to the tradition of their ancestors, have transformed their society by changing their religion. The text describes their traditional social order and traces their colonial history to show how they became Christians.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Land and people, relationships and rules -- People and ghosts, religion and politics -- Going overseas (1870s to 1890s) -- God and government arrive (1900s to 1910s) -- The Christian transformation (1920s to 1930s) -- Masing Rul - the Maasina Rule Movement (1940s) -- Towards "independence" (1950s to 1980s) -- The Christian social order -- Kwara'ae Christianity and the Christian tradition -- Notes -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 279-291
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