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Vernacular Christianity among the Mulia Dani
Douglas James Hayward
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Description for Vernacular Christianity among the Mulia Dani
Hardback. This book is about religious change. More particularly it is about the changes brought about when Christianity was introduced to a remote tribal group in the highlands of what is now Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Series: American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRCV; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
This book is about religious change. More particularly it is about the changes brought about when Christianity was introduced to a remote tribal group in the highlands of what is now Irian Jaya, Indonesia. These people who are members of a tribal group that has become known as the Western Dani, entered into a process, through their contact with missionaries, that has been the shared experience of hundreds of tribal groups for the past two thousand years. This process has been variously labelled as the "indigenizing of Christianity," the "inculturation of Christianity,^D> " or as the "contextualizing of Christianity." ... Read more
This book is about religious change. More particularly it is about the changes brought about when Christianity was introduced to a remote tribal group in the highlands of what is now Irian Jaya, Indonesia. These people who are members of a tribal group that has become known as the Western Dani, entered into a process, through their contact with missionaries, that has been the shared experience of hundreds of tribal groups for the past two thousand years. This process has been variously labelled as the "indigenizing of Christianity," the "inculturation of Christianity,^D> " or as the "contextualizing of Christianity." ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761807605
SKU
V9780761807605
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About Douglas James Hayward
Douglas James Hayward is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California.
Reviews for Vernacular Christianity among the Mulia Dani
...an engaging account of an important example of modern Christian conversion. Product of an intriguing intellectual pilgrimage, this book is a welcome achievement in the unfinished field of anthropologically-informed missiology.
Robert W. Hefner
Missiology: An International Review
...and impressive book...of great interest to missionaries and others who work with tribal groupsholding a primal worldview.
Missiology: An ... Read more
Robert W. Hefner
Missiology: An International Review
...and impressive book...of great interest to missionaries and others who work with tribal groupsholding a primal worldview.
Missiology: An ... Read more