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Focusing on cultural change and the socio-political movements in
the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, this book uses both
anthropological and historical analysis to examine the way the
relationship between gender and Christianity has shaped processes
of social change. Based on extensive research conducted over
several decades, it is one of the few books available to focus on
Vanuatu and on the impact of Christianity in Melanesia more
generally - as well as on the significance of gender relations in
understanding these developments. Providing a model for
understanding and comparing processes of change in small-scale
societies, this fascinating book will appeal to scholars and
students interested in the ethnography of Melanesia and in issues
related to contemporary cultural change and gender more generally.
Focusing on cultural change and the socio-political movements in
the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, this book uses both
anthropological and historical analysis to examine the way the
relationship between gender and Christianity has shaped processes
of social change. Based on extensive research conducted over
several decades, it is one of the few books available to focus on
Vanuatu and on the impact of Christianity in Melanesia more
generally - as well as on the significance of gender relations in
understanding these developments. Providing a model for
understanding and comparing processes of change in small-scale
societies, this fascinating book will appeal to scholars and
students interested in the ethnography of Melanesia and in issues
related to contemporary cultural change and gender more generally.
The last decade has seen an unexpected return of the religious, and
with it the creation of new kinds of social forms alongside new
fusions of political and religious realms that high modernity kept
distinct. For a fuller understanding of what this means for society
in the context of globalization, it is necessary to rethink the
relationship between the religious and the secular; the
contributors - all leading scholars in anthropology - do just that,
some even arguing that secularization itself now takes a religious
form. Combining theoretical reflection with vivid ethnographic
explorations, this essential collection is designed to advance a
critical understanding of social and personal religious experience
in today's world.
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise
studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New
Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost
offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and
Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and
healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the
changing nature of religion in the contemporary world - in
particular the emergence of "non-territorial" religion (which is no
longer specific to places or cultures) - and represents an
experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in
general and Pentecostalism in particular.
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise
studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New
Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost
offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and
Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and
healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the
changing nature of religion in the contemporary world - in
particular the emergence of "non-territorial" religion (which is no
longer specific to places or cultures) - and represents an
experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in
general and Pentecostalism in particular.
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