Christian moderns: freedom and fetish in the mission encounter

Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and practices linking the concept of modernity to that of human emancipation. To explore these links, Webb Keane undertakes a rich ethnographic study of the century-long encounter, from the colonial Dutch Eas...

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Published in:The anthropology of Christianity
Main Author: Keane, Webb 1955- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] University of Californiarnia Press 2007
In: The anthropology of Christianity (1)
Reviews:Review: Webb Keane Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007. 336 pages. ISBN: 978-0520246522 (2011) (Tan, Jason Richard)
Series/Journal:The anthropology of Christianity 1
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sumba / Dutchmen / Mission (international law / Calvinism / Inculturation
B Christianity / Interfaith dialogue / Nature religion
Further subjects:B Christianity and culture Indonesia Sumba Island
B Missions, Dutch History
B Religion and culture
B Sumbanese (Indonesian people) Missions
B Indonesia Religion
B Sumba Island (Indonesia) Religious life and customs
B Missions (Indonesia) History
B Calvinism Comparative studies
B Christianity and other religions Indonesia Sumba Island
B Sumbanese (Indonesian people) Rites and ceremonies
B Sumbanese (Indonesian people) Religion
B Calvinists Missions Indonesia Sumba Island History
B Netherlands Religion
B Conversion Christianity
B Anthropology of religion Indonesia Sumba Island
B Fetishism Indonesia Sumba Island
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Summary:Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and practices linking the concept of modernity to that of human emancipation. To explore these links, Webb Keane undertakes a rich ethnographic study of the century-long encounter, from the colonial Dutch East Indies to post-independence Indonesia, among Calvinist missionaries, their converts, and those who resist conversion. Keane's analysis of their struggles over such things as prayers, offerings, and the value of money challenges familiar notions about agency. Through its exploration of language, materiality, and morality, this book illuminates a wide range of debates in social and cultural theory. It demonstrates the crucial place of Christianity in semiotic ideologies of modernity and sheds new light on the importance of religion in colonial and postcolonial histories.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0520246519