Pathways to heaven : contesting mainline and fundamentalist Christianity in Papua New Guinea / Holger Jebens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jebens, Holger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Relations--Seventh-Day Adventists.

Catholic Church.

Christianity and culture--Papua New Guinea--History.

Christianity and culture.

Seventh-Day Adventists--Relations--Catholic Church.

Seventh-Day Adventists.

Papua New Guinea--Church history.

Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 284 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based around the case study of a single village in Papua New Guinea, 'Pathways to Heaven' examines the tensions, antagonisms and outright confrontations that can occur within local Christian communities upon the arrival of global versions of fundamentalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Maps and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I: PAIRUNDU

1 Present-Day Culture

2 Traditional Religion

3 Colonisation and Missionisation

4 Catholics and Adventists

PART II: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY

5 Past and Future Changes

6 Adopting Christianity

7 The Influence of the Traditional Religion

PART III: MISSIONISATION AND MODERNISATION

8 Missionisation in Papua New Guinea

9 Fundamentalism as a Response to Modernity

10 Concluding Remarks

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-275) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78920-572-7

1-84545-005-1

OCLC:

1101430625