02461cam a2200517Ma 4500 ocn821216757 OCoLC 20200709055700.0 m d cr |n| 121213s2012 nyu ob 001 0 eng d YDXCP YDXCP OCLCO CDX MHW N$T 0857457454 (electronic bk.) 9780857457455 (electronic bk.) 9780857457462 (hardback : alk. paper) 0857457462 (hardback : alk. paper) (OCoLC)821216757 511790 (N$T) po----- BR115.P7 C245 2012 REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.70995 23 N$TA Christian politics in Oceania [electronic resource] / edited by Matt Tomlinson and Debra McDougall. New York : Berghahn Books, c2012 1 online resource (p.) ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 2 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. The phrase ""Christian politics"" evokes two meanings: political relations between denominations in one direction, and the contributions of Christian churches to debates about the governing of society. The contributors to this volume address Christian politics in both senses and argue that Christianity is always and inevitably political in the Pacific Islands. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji, the authors argue that Christianity and politics have redefined each other in much of Oceania in ways that make the two categories i Christianity and politics Oceania. Christian sects Oceania. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Tomlinson, Matt, 1970- McDougall, Debra L. Print version: 9780857457462 0857457462 (DLC) 2012012575 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=511790 YBP Library Services YANK 9587053 Coutts Information Services COUT 24416173 EBSCOhost EBSC 511790 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52145 52145