The road to clarity: Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar
In recent years, millions of people have joined churches such as the Seventh-day Adventist which prosper enormously in different parts of the world. The "Road to Clarity" is one of the first ethnographic in-depth studies of this phenomenon. It is a vivid account based on almost two years o...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2005
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| Reviews: | Review: Eva Keller The Road to Clarity: Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 286 Pages. ISBN: 1 4039 7076 9 (2011) (Ontita, Edward)
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| Edition: | first published |
| Series/Journal: | Contemporary anthropology of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Madagascar
/ Gemeinschaft der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten
/ Adventists
B Madagascar / Gemeinschaft der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten |
| Further subjects: | B
Seventh Day Adventists (Madagascar)
B Madagascar Church history |
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| Summary: | In recent years, millions of people have joined churches such as the Seventh-day Adventist which prosper enormously in different parts of the world. The "Road to Clarity" is one of the first ethnographic in-depth studies of this phenomenon. It is a vivid account based on almost two years of participation in ordinary church members' daily religious and non-religious lives. The book offers a fascinating inquiry into the nature of long-term commitment to Adventism among rural people in Madagascar. Eva Keller argues that the key attraction of the church lies in the excitement of study, argument and intellectual exploration. This is a novel approach which challenges utilitarian and cultural particularist explanations of the success of this kind of Christianity. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-279) and index Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| ISBN: | 1403970750 |