Christianity of Culture - Conversion, Ethnic Citizenship, Matter of Religion in Malaysian

Zusatztext "An excellent portrait of a mode of Christianity as minoritization and flight from state attempts to fix identity, ethnicity, and culture.This book is well worth attending to even for those working outside of either Christianity or Southeast Asia as a region." - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 'The task Liana Chua sets herself in this carefully argued and ethnographically rich study is that of giving and account of Benuk religion and culture that does justice to all of these aspects (and more) of the life of the village . . . Full of careful arguments, and open-ended in its commitment to honoring the complexity of the world, it is a book anthropologists interested in any topic it covers will find they can read with great profit.' - Anthropology News Informationen zum Autor Liana Chuais a lecturer in Anthropology at Brunel University. Klappentext In this richly contextualized study, Liana Chua explores how a largely Christian Bidayuh community has been reconfiguring its relationship to its old animist rituals through the trope and politics of "culture." Placing her ethnography in dialogue with developments in the nascent anthropology of Christianity, Chua argues that such efforts at "continuity speaking" are the product not only of Malaysian cultural politics, but also of conversion and Christianity itself. This book invites scholars to rethink the nature and scope of conversion, as well as the multifarious, yet distinctive, forms that Christianity can take. Zusammenfassung In this richly contextualized study, Liana Chua explores how a largely Christian Bidayuh community has been reconfiguring its relationship to its old animist rituals through the trope and politics of "culture." Inhaltsverzeichnis Looking Like a Culture: Moden-ity and Multiculturalism in a Malaysian Village Following the Rice Year: Adat Gawai, Past and Present The Making of a 'Not Yet Pure Christian' Village Why Bidayuhs Don't Want to Become Muslim: Ethnicity, Christianity, and the Politics of Religion Speaking of (Dis)Continuity: Cultures of Christianity and the Christianization of 'Culture' 'We are One in Jesus'? Sociality, Salvation, and Moral Dilemmas Thinking through Adat Gawai: 'Culture,' Transformation, and the Matter of Religiosity...

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• Authors: L Chua, L. Chua, L. (University of California Chua, Liana Chua
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2016
• EAN: 9781349298709
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29870-9
• No. of pages: 273
• Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion; Contemporary Anthropology of R; Contemporary Anthropology of Religion; Contemporary Anthropology of R
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Sociology of Religion, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Political Sociology, Ethnology, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Social & cultural anthropology, History of Religion, area studies, Regional Studies, Sociology & anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Religion—History, Religion and sociology, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Christianity;politics;religion;religiosity