Christian Politics in Oceania (Hardcover)

The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. The contributors to this volume address Christian politics in both senses and argue that Christianity is always and inevitably political in the Pacific Islands. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji, the authors argue that Christianity and politics have redefined each other in much of Oceania in ways that make the two categories inseparable at any level of analysis. The individual chapters vividly illuminate the ways in which Christian politics operate across a wide scale from interpersonal relations to national and global interconnections.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Editors:	Matt Tomlinson • Debra McDougall
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-85745-746-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Christianity Promotions
LSN:	0-85745-746-2
Barcode:	9780857457462

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