Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society
(Part of the Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity Series)
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In a world of swift and sweeping cultural transformations, few have seen changes as rapid and dramatic as those experienced by the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea in the last four decades. A remote people never directly "missionized," the Urapmin began in the 1960s to send young men to study with Baptist missionaries living among neighboring communities. By the late 1970s, the Urapmin had undergone a charismatic revival, abandoning their traditional religion...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520238001
ISBN13:9780520238008
Release Date:April 2004
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:383 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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