Fire on the island: fear, hope and a Christian revival in Vanuatu
"In 2014, the island of Ahamb in Vanuatu became the scene of a startling Christian revival movement led by thirty children with 'spiritual vision'. However, it ended dramatically when two men believed to be sorcerers and responsible for much of the society's problems were hung by...
| Τόπος έκδοσης: | ASAO studies in pacific anthropology |
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| Κύριος συγγραφέας: | |
| Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Έκδοση: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2022
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| Στο/Στη: |
ASAO studies in pacific anthropology (volume 13)
Έτος: 2022 |
| Έκδοση: | First published |
| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology
volume 13 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Vanuatu
/ Θρησκευτική ζωή
/ Κοινωνικά προβλήματα
/ Ιστορία (μοτίβο) 201-2017
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | ΚΒΝ Υποσαχάρια Αφρική |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Presbyterian Church (Vanuatu)
B Vanuatu Θρησκεία B Revivals (Vanuatu) History 21st century B Vanuatu Religious life and customs |
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| Σύνοψη: | "In 2014, the island of Ahamb in Vanuatu became the scene of a startling Christian revival movement led by thirty children with 'spiritual vision'. However, it ended dramatically when two men believed to be sorcerers and responsible for much of the society's problems were hung by persons fearing for the island's future security. Based on twenty months of ethnographic fieldwork on Ahamb between 2010 and 2017, this book investigates how upheavals like the Ahamb revival can emerge to address and sometimes resolve social problems, but also carry risks of exacerbating the same problems they arise to address"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1800734646 |