The Polynesian Iconoclasm: Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power
(Book #5 in the ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology Series)
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Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches - one the size of two football fields - were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1782384138
ISBN13:9781782384137
Release Date:September 2014
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Length:170 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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