Christian Moderns [[electronic resource] ] : Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter

• Autore: Keane Webb
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.666; 306.666425986
• Soggetto topico: Calvinism; Christianity; Conversion; History; Missions; Missions - Indonesia - History; Missions, Dutch; Religion and culture
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Locating Protestantism; 1 Religion's Reach; 2 Beliefs, Words, and Selves; 3 Religion, Culture, and the Colonies; 4 Conversion's Histories; Part II. Fetishisms; 5 Umbu Neka's Conversion; 6 Fetishism and the Word; 7 Modern Sincerity; 8 Materialism, Missionaries, and Modern Subjects; Part III Purifications; 9 Text, Act, Objectifications; 10 Money Is No Object; Afterword; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and practices linking the concept of modernity to that of human emancipation. To explore these links, Webb Keane undertakes a rich ethnographic study of the century-long encounter, from the colonial Dutch East Indies to post-independence Indonesia, among Calvinist missionaries, their converts, and those who resist conversion. Keane's analysis of their struggles over such things as prayers, offerings, and the value of money challenges familiar notions about agency. Through its exploration of language, ma
• Titolo autorizzato: Christian Moderns
• ISBN: 1-4337-0006-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457577303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Anthropology of Christianity