Fullness of time : ethnohistory selections from the writings of Alan R. Tippett / Doug Priest, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tippett, Alan R. (Alan Richard), 1911-1988.

Contributor:

Priest, Doug, 1952- editor.

Series:

The Missiology of Alan R. Tippett Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnohistory.

Ethnology--Research--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 377 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pasadena, California : William Carey Library, [2014]

Summary:

Alan Tippett's publications played a significant role in the development of missiology. The volumes in this series augment his distinguished reputation by bringing to light his many unpublished materials and hard-to-locate printed articles. These books-encompassing theology, anthropology, history, area studies, religion, and ethnohistory- broaden the contours of the discipline. Tippett believed his writings on ethnohistory were his most original contribution to the discipline of missiology. The wealth of material in Fullness of Time is his best ethnohistory writing-most of which has never been published. Explore the methods and models of this captivating field of study. Realize how documents, oral tradition, and even artifacts can be used to recreate the cultural situation of a prior time. Learn about the South Pacific, Ethiopia, Hawaii, and Australia, both in and through time.

Contents:

Intro

FULLNESS OF TIME

Contents

Series Foreword

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Part One: Methods and Models

1. Ethnohistory as Research Methodology

2. Ethnohistory

3. The Contour of Ethnohistory

4. Preamble and Sources

5. Methodology

6. The Historicity of Oral Tradition

7. An Anthropologist Looks at the Jesus Documents

8. The Structure and Analysis of an Event: An Exercise in Ethnohistorical Reconstruction

Part Two: Varieties, Location, and Use of Documents

9. Private Letters and Cross-cultural Values

10. The Lost Library

11. A Statement on the Use of Documents: The Complexity of the Conversion of the Tahitians

12. Novel, Film, Reviews, and Reaction

13. Missionary Resources and Island Life Histories

14. The Relevance of Archival Developments in the Southwest Pacific

Part Three: Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

15: A Synchronic Ethnohistorical Reconstruction

16. Ethnolinguistics and Bible Translation: A Diachronic Case Study-Fiji

17. The Abnormality or Normality of a Fijian Cannibal Chief

18. The Early Growth ofthe Church in Fiji

19. Pioneering Education in Fiji (1835-42)

20. The Place of Women in Education and Evangelism in Fiji (1835-1900)

21. Contemporary Departures from Traditional Christianity in Cross-cultural Situations: A Melanesian Ethnohistorical Case Study

Part Four: Nondocumentary Sources

22. Fiji: Whale's Tooth Ends an Era

23. Fijian Material Culture: Conclusions

24. "The End of the Age ! Alas !"

25. Oral Tradition and Ethnohistory: The Transformation of Information and Social Values in Early Christian Fiji (1835-1905)

Part Five: Case Studies

26. The Process of Religious Change (Wallega Galla, Ethiopia )

27. The Head-hunting and Slavery Complex and Socioreligious Change.

28. The Fiji Indian Community and Its Church: An Open Door

29. Pioneer Missionaries among the Australian Aborigines

30. Personal Interplay in Intercommunity Ceremonial in Fiji

Conclusion: The Anthropological and Ethnohistorical Pilgrimage of a Missiologist

Appendix A

Appendix B

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780878085927

0878085920

OCLC:

1099323235