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Christian Moderns : Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter.
Through its exploration of language, materiality, and morality, this book illuminates a range of debates in social and cultural theory. It demonstrates the crucial place of Christianity in semiotic ideologies of modernity and sheds light on the importance of religion in colonial and postcolonial his...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Anthropology of Christianity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Religion's Reach; 2 Beliefs, Words, and Selves; 3 Religion, Culture, and the Colonies; 4 Conversion's Histories; 5 Umbu Neka's Conversion; 6 Fetishism and the Word; 7 Modern Sincerity; 8 Materialism, Missionaries, and Modern Subjects; 9 Text, Act, Objectifications; 10 Money Is No Object; Afterword; References; Index.