RT Book
T1 Beyond conversion and syncretism: indigenous encounters with missionary Christianity, 1800 - 2000
A2 Lindenfeld, David F. 1944-
A2 Richardson, Miles 1932-2011
LA English
PP New York, NY u.a.
PB Berghahn Books
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/656702893
AB The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. This volume contributes to the understanding of this process through case studies of encounters with Christianity from the perspectives of the indigenous peoples who converted. More importantly, by exploring overarching, general terms such as conversion and syncretism and by showing the variety of strategies and processes that actually take place, these studies lead to a more nuanced understanding of cross-cultural religious interactions in general - from acceptance to resistance - thus enriching the vocabulary of religious interaction. The contributors tackle these issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives - history, anthropology, religious studies - and present a broad geographical spread of cases from China, Vietnam, Australia, India, South and West Africa, North and Central America, and the Caribbean.
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-306) and index
NO Proceedings of a workshop held in 2008 at Georgetown University. - Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BV2120
SN 9780857452184
SN 0857452177
SN 9780857452177
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K1 Missions : History : 20th century : Congresses
K1 Conversion : Christianity : History : 20th century : Congresses
K1 Christianity and other religions : Congresses
K1 Konferenzschrift : 2008 : Washington, DC