Traditional Religion In Melanesia

Author : Theo Aerts
Publisher : University of Papua New Guinea Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Melanesia
ISBN : UCSD:31822027828649

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Traditional Religion in Melanesia by Theo Aerts Pdf

There are various modern methods of an audience-centered reading of the Scriptures. One of them is an anthropology-inspired approach which assumes that people from these parts of the world come to the Bible with quite a different set of presuppositions, grounded in their own age-old traditions. This kind of approach goes purposely away from the well-established kind of reading which is based upon past Jewish history, ancient near-Eastern customs and archaeology, Semitic philology and so on. But without denying the value of these essentially sound segments of learning, is it really necessary that Melanesians should first plunge into Western academia in order to hear God's word? Or is it no longer true that "Greeks" must not first become "Jews" before they can become Christians? The articles gathered in Traditional Religion in Melanesia, and its companion volume Christianity in Melanesia contribute to the goal just described. They make clear that religion as such was not something that was completely new for "the pagans of the past," and that as a rule, too, they were rather selective in accepting the Christian message. This accounts for some misunderstandings, but also for some very positive ways of accepting Christianity.

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521607485

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Melanesian Religion by G. W. Trompf Pdf

This study surveys systematically the full scope of Melanesian religion, from traditional beliefs and practices to the development of strong indigenous Christian churches and theology. Garry Trompf writes from extensive knowledge of the social and religious aspects and from his own experience living and working in Papua New Guinea. Melanesian Religion provides an invaluable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and social change in the Pacific. It provides a useful overview for readers with general interests in the South Pacific region, and in the formulation of indigenous responses to external institutions, beliefs and value systems. The Melanesian peoples of the south-west Pacific form about one-quarter of the world's cultures - cultures in which a deep sense of spiritual consciousness has engendered rich diversity of religious experience. Professor Trompf argues that, to be complete, any interpretation of the social and economic patterns of Melanesian life, past and present, must take proper account of this religious context.

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521383066

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Melanesian Religion by G. W. Trompf Pdf

Am invariable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and Soviet change in the Pacific.

Author : Ennio Mantovani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Melanesia
ISBN : UCAL:B4351567

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An Introduction to Melanesian Religions by Ennio Mantovani Pdf

Author : Garry Trompf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134928521

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The Religions of Oceania by Garry Trompf Pdf

More than a quarter of the world's religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania. The Religions of Oceania is the first book to bring together up-to-date information on the great and changing variety of traditional religions in the Pacific zone. The book also deals with indigenous Christianity and its wide influence across the region, and includes new religious movements generated by the responses of indigenous peoples to colonists and missionaries, the best known of these being the `Cargo Cults' of Melanesia. The authors present a thorough and accessible examination of the fascinating diversity of religious practices in the area, analysing new religious developments, and provideing clear interpretative tools and a mine of information to help the student better understand the world's most complex ethnologic tapestry.

Author : Kenneth Nehrbass
Publisher : William Carey Library Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Animism
ISBN : 087808407X

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Christianity and Animism in Melanesia by Kenneth Nehrbass Pdf

In this book, Kenneth Nehrbass examines the interaction between traditional or animistic religion (called kastom) and Christianity in Vanuatu. First, he briefly outlines major anthropological theories of animism, then he examines eight aspects of animism on Tanna Island and shows how they present a challenge to Christianity. He traces the history of Christianity on Tanna from 1839 to the present, showing which missiological theories the various missionaries were implementing. Nehrbass wanted to find out what experiences in the lives of the islanders distinguished those who left traditional religion behind from those who held on to it. In the end, he contends that there are twenty factors of gospel response and cultural integration that determine whether an animistic background believer will be a mixer, separator, transplanter, or contextualizer.

Author : Garry Trompf
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCSD:31822034284323

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Religions of Melanesia by Garry Trompf Pdf

Melansia boasts over one-quarter of the world's distinct religions and presents the most complex religious panorama on earth. The region is famous for its unusual new religious movements that have adapted traditional beliefs to modernity in surprising ways. As the first bibliographical survey to comprehensively cover the entire region, Religions of Melanesia is an invaluable research aid for anyone interested in this growing field. Trompf's work is a complete listing of scholarly publications and provides readable and concise descriptions that will clearly guide the researcher toward the most relevant sources. This survey covers 2188 entries organized topically and regionally. Trompf covers such subjects as traditional and modern belief systems and the emergent indigenous Christianity that has taken root. Regional coverage includes Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.

Author : Kenneth Nehrbass
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645080251

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Christianity and Animism in Melanesia by Kenneth Nehrbass Pdf

In this book, Kenneth Nehrbass examines the interaction between traditional or animistic religion (called kastom) and Christianity in Vanuatu. First, he briefly outlines major anthropological theories of animism, then he examines eight aspects of animism on Tanna Island and shows how they present a challenge to Christianity. He traces the history of Christianity on Tanna from 1839 to the present, showing which missiological theories the various missionaries were implementing. Nehrbass wanted to find out what experiences in the lives of the islanders distinguished those who left traditional religion behind from those who held on to it. In the end, he contends that there are twenty factors of gospel response and cultural integration that determine whether an animistic background believer will be a mixer, separator, transplanter, or contextualizer.

Author : Theo Aerts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Christian art and symbolism
ISBN : UCSD:31822027828581

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Christianity in Melanesia by Theo Aerts Pdf

There are various modern methods of an audience-centered reading of the Scriptures. One of them is an anthropology-inspired approach which assumes that people from these parts of the world come to the Bible with quite a different set of presuppositions, grounded in their own age-old traditions. This kind of approach goes purposely away from the well-established kind of reading which is based upon past Jewish history, ancient near-Eastern customs and archaeology, Semitic philology and so on. But without denying the value of these essentially sound segments of learning, is it really necessary that Melanesians should first plunge into Western academia in order to hear God's word? Or is it no longer true that "Greeks" must not first become "Jews" before they can become Christians? The articles gathered in Traditional Religion in Melanesia, and its companion volume Christianity in Melanesia contribute to the goal just described. They make clear that religion as such was not something that was completely new for "the pagans of the past," and that as a rule, too, they were rather selective in accepting the Christian message. This accounts for some misunderstandings, but also for some very positive ways of accepting Christianity.

Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1994-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521416917

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Payback by G. W. Trompf Pdf

In this ambitious study, the first monograph on religion and "the logic of retribution," Professor Trompf shows how various aspects of "payback," both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the reasons why people "pay back" and opens up a whole new dimension in the cross-cultural study of human consciousness. The author conducts his readers through the most complex anthropological pageant on earth, illustrating his arguments from western New Guinea to Fiji.

Author : Franco Zocca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UCSD:31822034966341

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Melanesia and Its Churches by Franco Zocca Pdf

What is immediately striking about this book is the breadth of its coverage. Its aim is "to present the current situation of the Melanesian Christians and to trace these situations back to their roots, both historical and cultural" (p. 1). In eight chapters the author addresses geography and population, traditional cultures and religions, European colonization, evangelization (in two chapters), movements, emerging independence, and current statistical data of the churches across Melanesia (Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, East and West New Guinea).

Author : Norman C. Habel
Publisher : Study of Religions
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCSD:31822003176153

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Powers, Plumes, and Piglets by Norman C. Habel Pdf

Author : Ben Burt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134354573

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Tradition and Christianity by Ben Burt Pdf

Burt studies the effects of the 19th century labour trade, colonial subjugation and the subsequent Christian conversion. He examines the anti-colonial Maasina Rule movement of the 1940s and finally illustrates the subsequent efforts of Kwara'ae leaders to regain their self-determination and to reaffirm the values of "tradition" under Christianity. The Kwara'ae example of colonialism and Christianity is part of the broader experience of Melanesia and of other peoples in the Third World who once lived a tribal life. The detailed local focus, based on a year of fieldwork, provides valuable evidence essential to a wider comparative analysis of colonial history and the continuing development of indigenous Christianity from an anthropological and a historical perspective. Tradition and Christianity explores how and why a Pacific Islands people, fiercely attached to the tradition of their ancestors, have transformed their society by changing their religion.

Author : Peter Lawrence,Mervyn J. Meggitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038287038

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Gods, Ghosts, and Men in Melanesia by Peter Lawrence,Mervyn J. Meggitt Pdf

"(There have been ) great advances in the ethnography of eastern Melanesia and New Guinea. So far the emphasis has been on the traditional economic, social and political systems, although there has also been some concern for problems of social and political change. The field most neglected in publication has been traditional religion. The primary aim of these essays is to fill this gap : ....." [from back cover].

Author : Darrell L. Whiteman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725202191

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Melanesians and Missionaries by Darrell L. Whiteman Pdf

'In Melanesians and Missionaries', one of the best of the younger generation of missionary anthropologists demonstrates that a commitment to the missionary enterprise on the part of a solid scholar facilitates, rather than hinders, the anthropological study of a missionary topic. This is better anthropology because Dr. Whiteman is able to probe more deeply into his topic and demonstrates that he understands and appreciates both Melanesians and missionaries." Charles H. Kraft, Professor of Anthropology, School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena