Christian politics in Oceania [electronic resource] / edited by Matt Tomlinson and Debra McDougall.
Series: ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 2Publication details: New York : Berghahn Books, c2012Description: 1 online resource (p.)ISBN:- 0857457454 (electronic bk.)
- 9780857457455 (electronic bk.)
- 261.70995 23
- BR115.P7 C245 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
The phrase ""Christian politics"" evokes two meanings: political relations between denominations in one direction, and the contributions of Christian churches to debates about the governing of society. The contributors to this volume address Christian politics in both senses and argue that Christianity is always and inevitably political in the Pacific Islands. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji, the authors argue that Christianity and politics have redefined each other in much of Oceania in ways that make the two categories i
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