Pathways to heaven : contesting mainline and fundamentalist Christianity in Papua New Guinea /

Based around the case study of a single village in Papua New Guinea, 'Pathways to Heaven' examines the tensions, antagonisms and outright confrontations that can occur within local Christian communities upon the arrival of global versions of fundamentalism.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jebens, Holger
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Relations > Seventh-Day Adventists.
Église catholique > Relations > Adventistes du septième jour.
Catholic Church.
Gemeinschaft der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten
Katholische Kirche
Gemeinschaft der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten.
Christianity and culture > Papua New Guinea > History.
Seventh-Day Adventists > Relations > Catholic Church.
Inculturation > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
Adventistes du septième jour > Relations > Église catholique.
Christianisme et civilisation > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology
Christianity and culture.
Interfaith relations.
Religion.
Seventh-Day Adventists.
Naturreligion
Mission
Fundamentalismus
Akkulturation
Religiöses Leben
Rooms-katholieken.
Adventisten.
Katholische Kirche.
Papua New Guinea > Church history.
Papua New Guinea > Religion.
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire religieuse.
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Religion.
Papua New Guinea.
Kewa.
Southern Highlands Province
Papua-Neuguinea
Pairudu
Case studies.
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Pairundu. 1. Present-day culture ; 2. Traditional religion ; 3. Colonisation and missionisation ; 4. Catholics and Adventists
  • pt. II. Change and continuity. 5. Past and future changes ; 6. Adopting Christianity ; 7. The influence of the traditional religion
  • pt. III. Missionisation and modernisation. 8. Missionisation in Papua New Guinea ; 9. Fundamentalism as a response to modernity ; 10. Concluding remarks.

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