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Cultural Dynamics of Religious Change in Oceania / T. Otto, A. Borsboom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Otto, T., author.
- Borsboom, A., author.
- Series:
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 176.
- VKI Online.
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 176
- VKI Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oceania--Religion.
- Oceania.
- Religion.
- Sociocultural Change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : Brill, 1997.
- Summary:
- Developed from papers presented at the first European Colloquium on Pacific Studies this volume addresses the dynamics of contemporary Oceanic religions. In particular, the contributors investigate how indigenous populations have come to terms with the enormous impact of colonization and missionization while maintaining a distinct cultural and religious identity.
- Contents:
- Ad Borsboom and Ton Otto , "Introduction: Transformation and tradition in Oceanic religions"
- Thomas Widlock , "Traditions of transformation: Travelling rituals in Australia"
- Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone , "Changing feasts: Church day as transformation of Vasái"
- Holger Jebens , "Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists and the impact of tradition in Pairudu (Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea)"
- Gunter Senft , "Magic, missionaries and religion: Some observations from the Trobriand Islands"
- Michel Panoff , "A cargo cult among the Maenge"
- Sjoerd R. Jaarsma , "Ethnographic perceptions of cargo: Fragments of an intermittent discourse"
- Elfriede Hermann , "Kastom versus cargo cult: Emotional discourse on the Yali movement in Madang province, Papua New Guinea"
- Ton Otto and Ad Borsboom , "Epilogue: Cultural dynamics of religious change".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cultural Dynamics of Religious Change in Oceania.
- ISBN:
- 9789004454194
- 9789067181198
- OCLC:
- 610232495
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004454194 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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