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

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Fiona Magowan and Carolyn Schwarz -- Introduction: Spiritual Renewal and Beyond in the Australia-Pacific Region / Fiona Magowan and Carolyn Schwarz -- Comments to Part 1: Christian Transcendence and the Politics of Renewal / John Barker -- A Dispute at the Lord’s Supper: Theology and Culture in the Mā’ohi Protestant Church (French Polynesia) / Gwendoline Malogne-Fer -- Pentecostal Churches in Honiara: The Charismatic Schism in the Anglican Church of Melanesia / Rodolfo Maggio -- Youth with a Mission in the Pacific Islands: From Charismatic Global Culture to the Reshaping of Local Cultural Identities / Yannick Fer -- Valuing Spiritual Intimacy: Convergences and Counterpoints of Christianity in an Economy of Yolngu Performance / Fiona Magowan -- Comments to Part 2: Christian Renewal and the Transformation of Persons / Diane Austin-Broos -- Two Baskets Worn At Once: Christianity, Sorcery, and Sacred Power in Vanuatu / John Patrick Taylor -- In Search of Wellness: Christianity and Life Itself in Northern Aboriginal Australia / Carolyn Schwarz -- “God is Your Health”: Healing Metabolic Disorders in Samoa / Jessica Hardin -- Comments to Part 3: Christian Renewal and Change in Regional Development / Joel Robbins -- “We Will Not Sit Down”: Exploring Agency through Christian Music at Lake Kopiago, Papua New Guinea / Kirsty Gillespie -- “Christ was for Papuans”: Gogodala Pastors and the Circulation of Evangelical Christianity in South Western Papua / Alison Dundon -- Saving States, Saving Souls: Australian Interventions in Solomon Islands / Debra McDougall -- Index / Fiona Magowan and Carolyn Schwarz.