Christian Politics in Oceania / / ed. by Matt Tomlinson, Debra McDougall.
The phrase “Christian politics” evokes two meanings: political relations between denominations in one direction, and the contributions of Christian churches to debates about the governing of society. The contributors to this volume address Christian politics in both senses and argue that Christianit...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Christian Politics in Oceania
- 1 Mediating Denominational Disputes
- 2 “Heaven on Earth” or Satan’s “Base” in the Pacific?
- 3 The Generation of the Now
- 4 Christian Politics in Vanuatu
- 5 Evangelical Public Culture
- 6 Anthropology and the Politics of Christianity in Papua New Guinea
- 7 Chiefs, Church, and State in Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands
- 8 Why Is There No Political Theology among the Urapmin?
- Afterword: Reflections on Political Theology in the Pacific
- Contributors
- Index