Old cultures, renewed religions
Subtitle: the search for cultural identity in a changing world
By: edited by Leonardo N. Mercado.
Contributors: Mercado, Leonardo N.
Series: Asia Pacific missiological series ;; no. 7
Publisher: Logos Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Manila
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Papua New Guinea -- Civilization.; Papua New Guinea -- Religion.; Philippines -- Religion.; Japan -- Religion.
Other titles: Search for cultural identity in a changing world
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Millennialism in Melanesia / Franco Zocca; title: Cultural resistance movements / Patrick F. Gesch; title: Chaos and unpredictability / Douglas W. Young; title: New religious groups in Papua New Guinea / Philip Gibbs; title: The end is nigh / Benigno P. Beltran; title: El Shaddai and inculturation / Leonardo N. Mercado; title: Religious movements and the search for a national identity / Peter Knecht; title: New age apocalypse?, the use of Nostradamus prophecies in Japanese religions / Robert Kisala.