| Description |
xiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The anthropology of Christianity ; 5 |
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Anthropology of Christianity ; 5
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Situation. Situating Kadavu : church, chiefs, and the creation of a sense of loss -- Pt. 2. Lamentation. Signs of the Golden Age -- Sermons -- Kava -- Sacred land the power of prayer -- Pt. 3. Recuperation. Onward Christian soldiers -- The road to Damascus runs through Waisomo village |
| Summary |
"Today, most indigenous Fijians are Christians, and the Methodist Church is the foundation of their social and political lives. Yet, as this thought-provoking study of life on rural Kadavu Island finds, Fijians also believe that their ancestors possessed an inherent strength that is lacking in the present day. Looking in particular at the interaction between the church and the traditional chiefly system, Matt Tomlinson finds that this belief about the superiority of the past provokes great anxiety, and that Fijians seek ways of recovering this strength through ritual and political action, Christianity itself simultaneously generates a sense of loss and the means of recuperation. To unravel the cultural dynamics of Christianity in Fiji, Tomlinson explores how this loss is expressed through everyday language and practices."--Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index |
| Subject |
Methodist Church -- Fiji -- History.
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Christianity -- Fiji.
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| SUBJECT |
Fiji http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80049723 -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
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Fiji http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80049723 -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005023
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Fiji http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80049723 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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| LC no. |
2008031254 |
| ISBN |
9780520257771 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520257774 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520257788 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520257782 paperback alkaline paper |
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