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Christianity and Animism in Melanesia (last copy)
Author: Kenneth Nehrbass
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Format: Paperback
Categories: Church History, Contextualization, Cross-Cultural Issues, Mission Books, Mission Studies
Item: 087808407X
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Four approaches to gospel and culture. In this book, Kenneth Nehrbass examines the interaction between traditional or animistic religion (called kastom) and Christianity in Vanuatu. First, he briefly outlines major anthropological theories of animism, then he examines eight aspects of animism on Tanna Island and shows how they present a challenge to Christianity. He traces the history of Christianity on Tanna from 1839 to the present, showing which missiological theories the various missionaries were implementing. Nehrbass wanted to find out what experiences in the lives of the islanders distinguished those who left traditional religion behind from those who held on to it. In the end, he contends that there are twenty factors of gospel response and cultural integration that determine whether an animistic background believer will be a mixer, separator, transplanter, or contextualizer.
Ever since Allan Tippett"™s "Solomon Island"™s Christianity", modern missiological inquiry has richly benefited from case studies addressing the spread of Christianity into the South Pacific. "Christianity and Animism in Melanesia" continues that rich tradition by examining a variety of missiological practices and their outcomes in forming Christian communities in Vanuatu that has implications for missions around the globe. "“ Doug Hayward, Professor of Intercultural Studies, Biola University
Product Type | Books |
ISBN 13 | 9780878084074 |
Weight | 0.8500 |
Pages | 245 |
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