| Description |
xxvii, 383 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 4 |
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Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-376) and index. |
| Contents |
Part one : becoming sinners -- From salt to the law : contact and the early colonial period -- Christianity and the colonial transformation of regional relations -- Revival, second stage conversion, and the localization of the Urapmin Church -- Part two : living in sin -- Contemporary Urapmin in millennial time and space -- Willfulness, lawfulness, and Urapmin morality -- Desire and its discontents : free time and Christian morality -- Rituals of redemption and technologies of the self -- Millennialism and the contest of values -- Christianity, cultural change, and the moral life of the hybrid. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Papua New Guinea -- Urapmin.
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Urapmin (Papua New Guinea) -- Religious life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0520237994 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520238001 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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