The limits of meaning : : case studies in the anthropology of Christianity / / edited by Matthew Engelke and Matt Tomlinson.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Berghahn Books,, [2007] 2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.