Christianity and animism in Melanesia :

Nehrbass, Kenneth.

Christianity and animism in Melanesia : four approaches to gospel and culture / Kenneth Nehrbass. - Pasadena, CA : William Carey Library, c2012. - xx, 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and index.

Folk religion for the Bible and early church fathers -- Folk religion and modern anthropology -- Kastom and knowledge -- Cosmology (ghosts and spirits) -- Magic and "goodness" -- Healing "badness" -- Ethics and taboos -- Cargoism -- Ritual -- Mission history and the integration of Kastom and Christianity -- The gospel-response axis -- The cultural-integration axis -- Mixers, transplanters, contextualizers, and separators.

9780878084074

2012008285


Animism--Vanuatu--Tanna Island.
Christianity--Vanuatu--Tanna Island.
Christianity and culture--Vanuatu--Tanna Island.


Tanna Island (Vanuatu)--Religion.

BL2620.M4 / N44 2012

261.2/9925