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1 online resource (vii, 164 pages) : illustrations |
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Monographs in anthropology series |
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Monographs in anthropology series.
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| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 6, 2023). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Pentecostalism and global moral and economic systems -- 3. The Harvest Ministry as an exportable Vanua -- 4. Reciprocity in the Harvest Ministry Community: money and spiritual agency -- 5. Becoming blessed: learning a charismatic globalising habitus -- 6. Mission from 'everywhere to everywhere': imagining mission from the global south -- 7. Connecting to a vision: Harvest Ministry in Papua New Guinea -- 8. The power of networks: Harvest Ministry East Africa. |
| Summary |
In Fijians in Transnational Pentecostal Networks, Karen J. Brison examines the Harvest Ministry, an independent Fijian Pentecostal church that sends Fijian and Papua New Guinean missionaries to East Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe and elsewhere. After studying the ministry's main church in Suva for several years, Brison visited its missionaries and their local partners in East Africa and Papua New Guinea. The result of those visits, this book provides an unusual insight into Pentecostal churches in the global south, arguing that they seldom produce novel visions of Christianity and world inequality. It also offers new perspectives, by situating Pacific island churches within a global community and by examining social class formation, which is increasingly important in the Pacific. Pentecostalism has a consistent culture all over the world, but shared themes take on different meanings in the face of local concerns. In Fiji, Pentecostal churches are part of middle-class projects constructing leadership roles and highlighting transnational ties for a growing group of indigenous urban professionals. In Papua New Guinea, church leaders promote the idea that youths with blocked aspirations are tough and humble and therefore make invaluable missionaries. In East Africa, Pentecostal churches are part of a networking strategy that entrepreneurial individuals see as essential to survival. As these local groups each use Pentecostalism to advance their own agenda, they endorse Euro-American racial stereotypes and ideologies about social evolution and progress. |
| Note |
Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing. |
| Access |
National edeposit: Available online Unrestricted online access. star AU-CaNED |
| Terms Of Use |
Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 AU-CaNED |
| Subject |
Missions -- Anthropological aspects -- Developing countries.
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Pentecostal churches -- Missions -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
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Fijians.
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Fidjiens.
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Fijians
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Missions -- Anthropological aspects
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fijians in transnational Pentecostal networks. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2023 9781760465599 (OCoLC)1357136326 |
| ISBN |
9781760465605 (PDF) |
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1760465607 (PDF) |
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9781760465599 (paperback) |
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1760465593 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
AUNED 000074291315 |
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