Christianity and animism in Melanesia
Subtitle: four approaches to gospel and culture
By: Kenneth Nehrbass
Publisher: William Carey Library
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pasadena, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780878084074
Subjects: Religion; Christianity and culture; Animism; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: Folk religion for the Bible and early church fathers; title: Folk religion and modern anthropology; title: Kastom and knowledge; title: Cosmology (ghosts and spirits); title: Magic and "goodness"; title: Healing "badness"; title: Ethics and taboos; title: Cargoism; title: Ritual; title: Mission history and the integration of Kastom and Christianity; title: The gospel-response axis; title: The cultural-integration axis; title: Mixers, transplanters, contextualizers, and separators.