03343nam 2200577 450 991078785460332120200520144314.00-85745-709-810.1515/9780857457097(CKB)2670000000546837(EBL)1337785(MiAaPQ)EBC1337785(DE-B1597)637185(DE-B1597)9780857457097(Au-PeEL)EBL1337785(CaPaEBR)ebr10863140(CaONFJC)MIL598646(OCoLC)878262809(EXLCZ)99267000000054683720060209h20072007 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe limits of meaning case studies in the anthropology of Christianity /edited by Matthew Engelke and Matt TomlinsonNew York :Berghahn Books,[2007]20071 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-507-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Meaning, anthropology, Christianity / Matt Tomlinson and Matthew Engelke -- When silence isn't golden : charismatic speech and the limits of literalism / Simon Coleman -- Clarity and charisma : on the uses of ambiguity in ritual life / Matthew Engelke -- Rituals without final acts : prayer and success in World Vision Zimbabwe's humanitarian work / Erica Bornstein -- Nationalism and millenarianism in West Papua : institutional power, interpretive practice, and the pursuit of Christian truth / Danilyn Rutherford -- The limits of meaning in Fijian Methodist sermons / Matt Tomlinson -- Converting meanings and the meanings of conversion in Samoan moral economies / Ilana Gershon -- Dusty signs and roots of faith : the limits of Christian meaning in highland Bolivia / Andrew Orta -- Paranomics : on the semiotics of sacral action / James Faubion -- Afterword : on limits, ruptures, meaning, and meaninglessness / Joel Robbins. Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are ""meaningful events."" But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem ""meaningless""? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, the authors in this volume suggest that in order to analyze meaning productively, we need to consider its limits. This collection is a welcome new addition to the anthropology of religion, offering fresh debates on a classic topic and drawing attention to meaning in a way that other volumes haveChristianity and cultureEthnologyReligious aspectsChristianityMeaning (Philosophy)Religious aspectsChristianityChristianity and culture.EthnologyReligious aspectsChristianity.Meaning (Philosophy)Religious aspectsChristianity.306.6/3BE 3250rvkEngelke Matthew EricTomlinson Matt1970-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787854603321The limits of meaning3864838UNINA