ISBN:
9781800734654
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (276 p)
Edition:
1st edition
Series Statement:
ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology 13
Abstract:
In 2014, the island of Ahamb in Vanuatu became the scene of a startling Christian revival movement led by thirty children with 'spiritual vision'. However, it ended dramatically when two men believed to be sorcerers and responsible for much of the society's problems were hung by persons fearing for the island's future security. Based on twenty months of ethnographic fieldwork on Ahamb between 2010 and 2017, this book investigates how upheavals like the Ahamb revival can emerge to address and sometimes resolve social problems, but also carry risks of exacerbating the same problems they arise to address
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Text -- Introduction: Fear, Hope and Social Movements -- Chapter 1. Life and Death -- Chapter 2. Love and Land -- Chapter 3. The Revival Begins -- Chapter 4. Gender and Integrity -- Chapter 5. Spiritual War -- Chapter 6. Crises and Reconciliations -- Chapter 7. Hope, Blame and New Possibility -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Note:
Zielgruppe: Professional and scholarly
