Tradition and Christianity

The Colonial Transformation of a Solomon Islands Society

Ben Burt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

1994
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-3-7186-5449-9 (ISBN)

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Explores how and why a Pacific Islands people, fiercely attached to the tradition of their ancestors, have transformed their society by changing their religion. The text describes their traditional social order and traces their colonial history to show how they became Christians.

Land and people, relationships and rules; people and ghosts, religion and politics; going overseas (1870s to 1890s); God and government arrive (1900s to 1910s); the Christian transformation (1920s to 1930s); Masing Rul - the Maasina Rule Movement (1940s); towards "independence" (1950s to 1980s); the Christian social order; Kwara'ae Christianity and the Christian tradition; maps of Solomon Islands and Malaita and Kwara'ae and Kwai District.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.1994
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Anthropology and History
Zusatzinfo	Farb., s/w. Abb.
Verlagsort	Chur
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	3-7186-5449-0 / 3718654490
ISBN-13	978-3-7186-5449-9 / 9783718654499
Zustand	Neuware