Melanesian Religion

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521607483
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Melanesian Religion written by G. W. Trompf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study surveys systematically the full scope of Melanesian religion, from traditional beliefs and practices to the development of strong indigenous Christian churches and theology. Garry Trompf writes from extensive knowledge of the social and religious aspects and from his own experience living and working in Papua New Guinea. Melanesian Religion provides an invaluable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and social change in the Pacific. It provides a useful overview for readers with general interests in the South Pacific region, and in the formulation of indigenous responses to external institutions, beliefs and value systems. The Melanesian peoples of the south-west Pacific form about one-quarter of the world's cultures - cultures in which a deep sense of spiritual consciousness has engendered rich diversity of religious experience. Professor Trompf argues that, to be complete, any interpretation of the social and economic patterns of Melanesian life, past and present, must take proper account of this religious context.

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521383064
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Melanesian Religion written by G. W. Trompf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-04-26 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Am invariable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and Soviet change in the Pacific.

Author : Garry Trompf
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religions of Melanesia written by Garry Trompf and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melansia boasts over one-quarter of the world's distinct religions and presents the most complex religious panorama on earth. The region is famous for its unusual new religious movements that have adapted traditional beliefs to modernity in surprising ways. As the first bibliographical survey to comprehensively cover the entire region, Religions of Melanesia is an invaluable research aid for anyone interested in this growing field. Trompf's work is a complete listing of scholarly publications and provides readable and concise descriptions that will clearly guide the researcher toward the most relevant sources. This survey covers 2188 entries organized topically and regionally. Trompf covers such subjects as traditional and modern belief systems and the emergent indigenous Christianity that has taken root. Regional coverage includes Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.

Author : Theo Aerts
Publisher : University of Papua New Guinea Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Religion in Melanesia written by Theo Aerts and published by University of Papua New Guinea Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are various modern methods of an audience-centered reading of the Scriptures. One of them is an anthropology-inspired approach which assumes that people from these parts of the world come to the Bible with quite a different set of presuppositions, grounded in their own age-old traditions. This kind of approach goes purposely away from the well-established kind of reading which is based upon past Jewish history, ancient near-Eastern customs and archaeology, Semitic philology and so on. But without denying the value of these essentially sound segments of learning, is it really necessary that Melanesians should first plunge into Western academia in order to hear God's word? Or is it no longer true that "Greeks" must not first become "Jews" before they can become Christians? The articles gathered in Traditional Religion in Melanesia, and its companion volume Christianity in Melanesia contribute to the goal just described. They make clear that religion as such was not something that was completely new for "the pagans of the past," and that as a rule, too, they were rather selective in accepting the Christian message. This accounts for some misunderstandings, but also for some very positive ways of accepting Christianity.

Author : Norman C. Habel
Publisher : Study of Religions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Powers, Plumes, and Piglets written by Norman C. Habel and published by Study of Religions. This book was released on 1979 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521416914
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Payback written by G. W. Trompf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-07-14 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious study, the first monograph on religion and "the logic of retribution," Professor Trompf shows how various aspects of "payback," both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the reasons why people "pay back" and opens up a whole new dimension in the cross-cultural study of human consciousness. The author conducts his readers through the most complex anthropological pageant on earth, illustrating his arguments from western New Guinea to Fiji.

Author : Kenneth Nehrbass
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645080250
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Animism in Melanesia written by Kenneth Nehrbass and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-26 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Kenneth Nehrbass examines the interaction between traditional or animistic religion (called kastom) and Christianity in Vanuatu. First, he briefly outlines major anthropological theories of animism, then he examines eight aspects of animism on Tanna Island and shows how they present a challenge to Christianity. He traces the history of Christianity on Tanna from 1839 to the present, showing which missiological theories the various missionaries were implementing. Nehrbass wanted to find out what experiences in the lives of the islanders distinguished those who left traditional religion behind from those who held on to it. In the end, he contends that there are twenty factors of gospel response and cultural integration that determine whether an animistic background believer will be a mixer, separator, transplanter, or contextualizer.

Author : Darrell L. Whiteman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725202190
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Melanesians and Missionaries written by Darrell L. Whiteman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-10 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In Melanesians and Missionaries', one of the best of the younger generation of missionary anthropologists demonstrates that a commitment to the missionary enterprise on the part of a solid scholar facilitates, rather than hinders, the anthropological study of a missionary topic. This is better anthropology because Dr. Whiteman is able to probe more deeply into his topic and demonstrates that he understands and appreciates both Melanesians and missionaries." Charles H. Kraft, Professor of Anthropology, School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena

Author : Joel Robbins
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520238001
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming Sinners written by Joel Robbins and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of cultural change through the study of the Christianization of the Urapmin, a Melanesian society in Papua New Guinea.

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789980650108
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Melanesian Religion and Christianity written by G. W. Trompf and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: