It Is Easy When You Are a Christian: Badeng Kenyah Conversion to Christianity

In this article, I explore how the Long Geng Badeng Kenyah community of Sarawak converted to Christianity even though there was no sustained missionary persuasion from the outside. Over a period of study, I eventually accept the simple emic explanation that "it is easy when you are a Christian&...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chee-Beng, Tan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: David Publishing Company 2016
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 254-272
Further subjects:B Adet Bungan
B SIB Church
B Christian conversion
B Sarawak
B Badeng Kenyah
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1842489216
003 DE-627
005 20230413115107.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 230413s2016 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.17265/2328-2177/2016.04.004  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1842489216 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1842489216 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Chee-Beng, Tan  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a It Is Easy When You Are a Christian: Badeng Kenyah Conversion to Christianity 
264 1 |c 2016 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a In this article, I explore how the Long Geng Badeng Kenyah community of Sarawak converted to Christianity even though there was no sustained missionary persuasion from the outside. Over a period of study, I eventually accept the simple emic explanation that "it is easy when you are a Christian" to be an important explanation. Central to this view is that Christianity provides an alternative religion that allows the people to avoid the need to observe the many troublesome taboos that hinder frequent traveling and engaging in various kinds of economic activities. The influence of relatives is an important factor, too, and as more people become Christians, the traditional Bungan followers lose the support to continue with the traditional religion and eventually almost all follow their relatives to adopt the new religion, which they find do not hinder practicing their culture other than replacing the traditional worship with the Christian way. The ethnographic study provides the opportunity to relate to recent scholarship on the anthropology of Christianity, and facilitates anthropological reflection on the study of cultural change, in particular, in relation to the work of Marshall Sahlins. 
601 |a Conversano 
650 4 |a Adet Bungan 
650 4 |a Badeng Kenyah 
650 4 |a Christian conversion 
650 4 |a SIB Church 
650 4 |a Sarawak 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Cultural and religious studies  |d El Monte, Calif. : David Publishing Company, 2013  |g 4(2016), 4, Seite 254-272  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)785699805  |w (DE-600)2769163-9  |w (DE-576)405816790  |x 2328-2177  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:4  |g year:2016  |g number:4  |g pages:254-272 
856 |u http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9145/ea023259a177175aec1716e123e8550ee428.pdf  |x unpaywall  |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang  |h repository [oa repository (semantic scholar lookup)] 
856 4 0 |u http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=25738.html  |x Verlag  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.17265/2328-2177/2016.04.004  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
936 u w |d 4  |j 2016  |e 4  |h 254-272 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4308413869 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1842489216 
LOK |0 005 20230413115107 
LOK |0 008 230413||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo  |a rwrk 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL 
SYE 0 0 |a State of Sarawak