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Christian Moderns
Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter
Av Webb Keane
Häftad, 2007
443 kr
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Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and practices linking the concept of modernity to that of human emancipation. To explore these links, Webb Keane undertakes a rich ethnographic study of the century-long encounter, from the colonial Dutch …
Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective
Häftad, 2010
306 kr
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Sociocultural anthropologists have taken increasing interest in the global communities established by Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, but the many streams of Eastern Christianity have so far been neglected. "Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective" fills this gap in the …
Spirits of Protestantism
Medicine, Healing, and Liberal Christianity
Inbunden, 2011
856 kr
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"Spirits of Protestantism" reveals how liberal Protestants went from being early-twentieth-century medical missionaries seeking to convert others through science and scripture, to becoming vocal critics of missionary arrogance who experimented with non-western healing modes such as Yoga and Reiki. …
Problem of Presence
Beyond Scripture in an African Church
Häftad, 2007
306 kr
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The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as 'the Christians who don't read the Bible.' They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God 'live and direct' from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive historical ethnography, Matthew Engelke …
Reason to Believe
Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism
Av David Smilde
Häftad, 2007
443 kr
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Evangelical Protestantism has arguably become the fastest-growing religion in South America, if not the world. For converts, it emphasizes self-discipline and provides a network of communal support, which together have helped many overcome substance abuse, avoid crime and violence, and resolve …
Saint in the Banyan Tree
Christianity and Caste Society in India
Av David Mosse
Inbunden, 2012
913 kr
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"The Saint in the Banyan Tree" is a nuanced and historically persuasive exploration of Christianity's remarkable trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. Starting in the seventeenth century, when the religion was integrated into Tamil institutions of caste and popular …
Chanting Down the New Jerusalem
Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean
Häftad, 2008
306 kr
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In this brilliantly evocative ethnography, Francio Guadeloupe probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Examining the intersection of Christianity, calypso, and capitalism, Guadeloupe shows how a multiethnic and …
Converting Words
Maya in the Age of the Cross
Inbunden, 2010
913 kr
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This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role …
Converting Words
Maya in the Age of the Cross
Häftad, 2010
306 kr
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This pathbreaking synthesis of history, anthropology, and linguistics gives an unprecedented view of the first two hundred years of the Spanish colonization of the Yucatec Maya. Drawing on an extraordinary range and depth of sources, William F. Hanks documents for the first time the crucial role …
In God's Image
The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity
Häftad, 2009
443 kr
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Today, most indigenous Fijians are Christians, and the Methodist Church is the foundation of their social and political lives. Yet, as this thought-provoking study of life on rural Kadavu Island finds, Fijians also believe that their ancestors possessed an inherent strength that is lacking in the …
Death in a Church of Life
Moral Passion during Botswana’s Time of AIDS
Inbunden, 2010
818 kr
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This deeply insightful ethnography explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. "Death in a Church of Life" paints a vivid picture of how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain …
Death in a Church of Life
Moral Passion during Botswana's Time of AIDS
Häftad, 2010
443 kr
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This deeply insightful ethnography explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. "Death in a Church of Life" paints a vivid picture of how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain …
Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective
Inbunden, 2010
818 kr
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Sociocultural anthropologists have taken increasing interest in the global communities established by Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, but the many streams of Eastern Christianity have so far been neglected. "Eastern Christians in Anthropological Perspective" fills this gap in the …
City of God
Christian Citizenship in Postwar Guatemala
Häftad, 2009
371 kr
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In Guatemala City today, Christianity isn't just a belief system - it is a counterinsurgency. Amidst postwar efforts at democratization, multinational mega-churches have conquered street corners and kitchen tables, guiding the faithful to build a sanctified city brick by brick. Drawing on rich …
Studying Global Pentecostalism
Theories and Methods
Av Allan Anderson, Michael Bergunder m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
306 kr
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With its remarkable ability to adapt to many different cultures, Pentecostalism has become the world's fastest growing religious movement. More than five hundred million adherents worldwide have reshaped Christianity itself. Yet some fundamental questions in the study of global Pentecostalism, and …
Moral Ambition
Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches
Av Omri Elisha
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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In this evocative ethnography, Omri Elisha examines the hopes, frustrations, and activist strategies of American evangelical Christians as they engage socially with local communities. Focusing on two Tennessee megachurches, "Moral Ambition" reaches beyond political controversies over issues such as …
Moral Ambition
Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches
Av Omri Elisha
Häftad, 2011
443 kr
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In this evocative ethnography, Omri Elisha examines the hopes, frustrations, and activist strategies of American evangelical Christians as they engage socially with local communities. Focusing on two Tennessee megachurches, "Moral Ambition" reaches beyond political controversies over issues such as …
Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy
Apostolic Reformation in Botswana
Häftad, 2011
371 kr
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This book examines the charismatic Christian reformation presently underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between the elders and the young, apostolic faith healers. Richard Werbner focuses on Eloyi, an Apostolic faith-healing church in Botswana's capital. …
Spirits of Protestantism
Medicine, Healing, and Liberal Christianity
Häftad, 2011
371 kr
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"Spirits of Protestantism" reveals how liberal Protestants went from being early-twentieth-century medical missionaries seeking to convert others through science and scripture, to becoming vocal critics of missionary arrogance who experimented with non-western healing modes such as Yoga and Reiki. …
Saint in the Banyan Tree
Christianity and Caste Society in India
Av David Mosse
Häftad, 2012
306 kr
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"The Saint in the Banyan Tree" is a nuanced and historically persuasive exploration of Christianity's remarkable trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. Starting in the seventeenth century, when the religion was integrated into Tamil institutions of caste and popular …
God's Agents
Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England
Häftad, 2013
306 kr
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The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to make Bibles universally available. Over the past …
Critical Christianity
Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea
Inbunden, 2014
1156 kr
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In Critical Christianity, Courtney Handman analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Within Guhu-Samane churches, processes of denominational schism - long relegated to the secular …
Critical Christianity
Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea
Häftad, 2014
263 kr
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In Critical Christianity, Courtney Handman analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Within Guhu-Samane churches, processes of denominational schism - long relegated to the secular …
Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion
Three Traditions in Comparison and Interaction
Av J.D.Y. Peel
Häftad, 2015
348 kr
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With a free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's open access publishing program for monographs. The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the …
Sensational Movies
Video, Vision, and Christianity in Ghana
Av Birgit Meyer
Inbunden, 2015
818 kr
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Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular film-making in Ghana as a new medium for the …
Sensational Movies
Video, Vision, and Christianity in Ghana
Av Birgit Meyer
Häftad, 2015
306 kr
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Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular film-making in Ghana as a new medium for the …
To Be Cared For
The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum
Inbunden, 2016
1156 kr
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To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant …
To Be Cared For
The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum
Häftad, 2016
263 kr
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To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant …
Praying and Preying
Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia
Inbunden, 2016
856 kr
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Praying and Preying offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes …
Praying and Preying
Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia
Häftad, 2016
263 kr
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Praying and Preying offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes …
