Christianity, conflict, and renewal in Australia and the Pacific / / edited by Fiona Magowan, Carolyn Schwarz.

• Superior document: International Studies in Religion and Society, Volume 26
• TeilnehmendeR: Magowan, Fiona,; Schwarz, Carolyn,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in religion and society ; Volume 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (311 pages)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction: Spiritual Renewal and Beyond in the Australia-Pacific Region /; Comments to Part 1: Christian Transcendence and the Politics of Renewal /; A Dispute at the Lord’s Supper: Theology and Culture in the Mā’ohi Protestant Church (French Polynesia) /; Pentecostal Churches in Honiara: The Charismatic Schism in the Anglican Church of Melanesia /; Youth with a Mission in the Pacific Islands: From Charismatic Global Culture to the Reshaping of Local Cultural Identities /; Valuing Spiritual Intimacy: Convergences and Counterpoints of Christianity in an Economy of Yolngu Performance /; Comments to Part 2: Christian Renewal and the Transformation of Persons /; Two Baskets Worn At Once: Christianity, Sorcery, and Sacred Power in Vanuatu /; In Search of Wellness: Christianity and Life Itself in Northern Aboriginal Australia /; “God is Your Health”: Healing Metabolic Disorders in Samoa /; Comments to Part 3: Christian Renewal and Change in Regional Development /; “We Will Not Sit Down”: Exploring Agency through Christian Music at Lake Kopiago, Papua New Guinea /; “Christ was for Papuans”: Gogodala Pastors and the Circulation of Evangelical Christianity in South Western Papua /; Saving States, Saving Souls: Australian Interventions in Solomon Islands /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9004311459
• ISSN: 1573-4293
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Fiona Magowan, Carolyn Schwarz.

Cultural expressions of Christianity show great diversity around the globe. While scholarship has tended to consider charismatic practices in distinct geographical contexts, this volume advances the anthropology of Christianity through ethnographically rich, comparative insights from across the Australia-Pacific region. Christianity, Conflict, and Renewal in Australia and the Pacific presents new perspectives on the performative dynamics of Christian belief, conflict, and renewal. Addressing experiences of cultural and spiritual renewal, contributors reveal how tensions can arise between spiritual and political expressions of culture and identity, opening up alternative spaces for spiritual realization and religious change. These local processes further mobilize responses of individuals and groups to state forces and political reforms, in turn, influencing the shape of translocal and transnational Christian practices.