Culture and Christianity : the dialectics of transformation /

Culture and Christianity : the dialectics of transformation / [print] edited by George R. Saunders. - New York : Greenwood Press, (c)1988. - xiii, 217 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Contributions to the study of anthropology, no. 2 . - Contributions to the study of anthropology ; no. 2. .



Introduction Symbols of solidarity in the Christianization of Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands From heathen to atheist on Kairiru Island The apotheosis of Father Marino : foundation of Tobian Catholicism Personal faith or social propriety : an interpretive history of Christianity in a Korean village The origins of revival, a Creole religion in Jamaica Tradition and change in an immigrant Chinese church in California The culture of spontaneity and the politics of enthusiasm : Catholic Pentecostalism in a California parish Political religion and religious politics in an Alpine Italian village Transformations of Christianity : some general observations George R. Saunders -- Geoffrey M. White -- Michael French Smith -- Peter Weston Black -- Griffin Dix -- William Wedenoja -- Lawrence A. Palinkas -- Michael D. Murphy -- George R. Saunders -- George R. Saunders.



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