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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Berghahn Books,, [2007]
2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meaning, anthropology, Christianity / Matt Tomlinson and Matthew Engelke -- When silence isn't golden : charismatic speech and the limits of literalism / Simon Coleman -- Clarity and charisma : on the uses of ambiguity in ritual life / Matthew Engelke -- Rituals without final acts : prayer and success in World Vision Zimbabwe's humanitarian work / Erica Bornstein -- Nationalism and millenarianism in West Papua : institutional power, interpretive practice, and the pursuit of Christian truth / Danilyn Rutherford -- The limits of meaning in Fijian Methodist sermons / Matt Tomlinson -- Converting meanings and the meanings of conversion in Samoan moral economies / Ilana Gershon -- Dusty signs and roots of faith : the limits of Christian meaning in highland Bolivia / Andrew Orta -- Paranomics : on the semiotics of sacral action / James Faubion -- Afterword : on limits, ruptures, meaning, and meaninglessness / Joel Robbins.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Christianity and culture.
Ethnology Religious aspects Christianity.
Meaning (Philosophy) Religious aspects Christianity.
Electronic books.
Engelke, Matthew Eric, editor.
Tomlinson, Matt, 1970- editor.
Print version: Limits of meaning : case studies in the anthropology of Christianity. New York : Berghahn Books, [2007] vi, 239 pages ; 24 cm 9781845455071 (OCoLC)ocm64487302 (DLC)10863140
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