Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific : The Transformation of Global Christianity / L. M. Ratnapalan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ratnapalan, L. M. (Laavanyan M.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894--Criticism and interpretation.

Stevenson, Robert Louis.

Christianity in literature.

Christianity--Pacific Area.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

<i>Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific</i> re-orients the intellectual biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by presenting him in the distinctive cultural environment of the Pacific. The book argues that Stevenson was religiously literate within a Scottish Presbyterian tradition and therefore well placed to grasp with subtlety the breadth and dynamics of a Christianized Pacific culture. It considers his legacy with respect to issues of indigenous sovereignty and agency and positions him within an important and wide-ranging modern debate about inculturation, defined as the emergence of Christianity from within a particular culture rather than imposed on it from outside. Through this study of a major Scottish writer, the book offers a model of interdisciplinary scholarship.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Stevenson's Religious Literacy

Chapter 2. Pacific Ethnography and the Anthropology of Christianity

Chapter 3. Rediscovering Religious Community: Samoa, 1890-4

Chapter 4. Inculturation

Chapter 5. The Church in the Mind of Stevenson

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Oct 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474494847

1474494846

9781474494830

1474494838

OCLC:

1367326887