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The religions of Oceania / Tony Swain and Garry Trompf.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of religious beliefs and practicesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (244 pages) : mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0203977629
  • 9780203977620
  • 0415060184
  • 9780415060189
  • 9780415060196
  • 0415060192
  • 9786610138364
  • 6610138362
  • 128013836X
  • 9781280138362
  • 1134928521
  • 9781134928521
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religions of Oceania.DDC classification:
  • 200/.99 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2600 .S92 1995eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.09
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- PART I: AUSTRALIA / Tony Swain : Tradition -- Cults of intrusion -- Missions, Christianity, and modernity -- PART II: PACIFIC ISLANDS / Garry Trompf : Tradition -- Cults of intrusion -- Missions, Christianity, and modernity.
Summary: "More than a quarter of the world's discrete religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania. This is the first book to bring together up-to-date information on this great variety of traditional religious beliefs and practices, which have been profoundly influential on the theories and understandings of religion in general." "A comprehensive survey of the changing and various religions in the Pacific zone, The Religions of Oceania documents traditional cultures and beliefs and examines indigenous Christianity and its wide influence across the region. It covers the backgrounds to and development of traditional religions, and includes analysis of the new religious movements generated by the response of indigenous peoples to colonists and missionaries, the best known of these being the so-called 'cargo-cults' of Melanesia." "The authors present a thorough and accessible survey of the diversity of religious practices in the area, and provide clear interpretative tools and a mine of fascinating information to help the student better understand the world's most complex ethnographic tapestry."--Jacket
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)139113

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- PART I: AUSTRALIA / Tony Swain : Tradition -- Cults of intrusion -- Missions, Christianity, and modernity -- PART II: PACIFIC ISLANDS / Garry Trompf : Tradition -- Cults of intrusion -- Missions, Christianity, and modernity.

Print version record.

"More than a quarter of the world's discrete religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania. This is the first book to bring together up-to-date information on this great variety of traditional religious beliefs and practices, which have been profoundly influential on the theories and understandings of religion in general." "A comprehensive survey of the changing and various religions in the Pacific zone, The Religions of Oceania documents traditional cultures and beliefs and examines indigenous Christianity and its wide influence across the region. It covers the backgrounds to and development of traditional religions, and includes analysis of the new religious movements generated by the response of indigenous peoples to colonists and missionaries, the best known of these being the so-called 'cargo-cults' of Melanesia." "The authors present a thorough and accessible survey of the diversity of religious practices in the area, and provide clear interpretative tools and a mine of fascinating information to help the student better understand the world's most complex ethnographic tapestry."--Jacket

English.