The Phrase Christian Politics Points In Two Directions: Political Relations Between Denominations In One Direction, And Ways That Christian Churches Contribute To Debates About How Society Should Be Governed In The Other. The Contributors To This Volume Address Christian Politics In Both Senses And Argue That Christianity Is Always And Inevitably Political In The Pacific Islands. Drawing On Ethnographic And Historical Research In Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, And Fiji, The Authors Argue That Christianity And Politics Have Redefined Each Other In Much Of Oceania In Ways That Make The Two Categories Inseparable At Any Level Of Analysis. The Individual Chapters Vividly Illuminate The Ways In Which Christian Politics Operate Across A Wide Scale, From Interpersonal Relations To National And Global Interconnections. Machine-generated Contents Note: Chapter 1. Christian Politics In Oceania / Matt Tomlinson And Debra Mcdougall -- Chapter 2. Mediating Denominational Disputes: Land Claims And The Sound Of Christian Critique In The Waria Valley, Papua New Guinea / Courtney Handman -- Chapter 3. Heaven On Earth Or Satan's Base In The Pacific?: Internal Christian Politics In The Dialogic Construction Of The Makiran Underground Army / Michael W. Scott -- Chapter 4. The Generation Of The Now: Denominational Politics In Fijian Christianity / Matt Tomlinson -- Chapter 5. Christian Politics In Vanuatu: Lay Priests And New State Forms / Annelin Eriksen -- Chapter 6. Evangelical Public Culture: Making Stranger-citizens In Solomon Islands / Debra Mcdougall -- Chapter 7. Anthropology And The Politics Of Christianity In Papua New Guinea / John Barker -- Chapter 8. Chiefs, Church And State In Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands / Geoffrey White -- Chapter 9. Why Is There No Political Theology Among The Urapmin?: On Diarchy, Sects As Big As Society, And The Diversity Of Pentecostal Politics / Joel Robbins -- Afterword: Reflections On Political Theology In The Pacific / Webb Keane Edited By Matt Tomlinson And Debra Mcdougall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Tomlinson, Matt, 1970-; McDougall, Debra L

Matt Tomlinson, Debra L. McDougall

ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology, v. 2, New York, 2013

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1, PS, 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The phrase "Christian politics" points in two political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. The contributors to this volume address Christian politics in both senses and argue that Christianity is always and inevitably political in the Pacific Islands. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji, the authors argue that Christianity and politics have redefined each other in much of Oceania in ways that make the two categories inseparable at any level of analysis. The individual chapters vividly illuminate the ways in which Christian politics operate across a wide scale from interpersonal relations to national and global interconnections.
The individual chapters
Christian Politics in Oceania / Matt Tomlinson and Debra McDougall
1. Mediating Denominational Land Claims and the Sound of Christian Critique in the Waria Valley, Papua New Guinea / Courtney Handman
2. "Heaven on Earth" or Satan's "Base" in the Pacific?: Internal Christian Politics in the Dialogic Construction of the Makiran Underground Army / Michael W. Scott
3. The Generation of the Denominational Politics in Fijian Christianity / Matt Tomlinson
4. Christian Politics in Lay Priests and New State Forms / Annelin Eriksen
5. Evangelical Public Making Stranger-Citizens in Solomon Islands / Debra McDougall
6. Anthropology and the Politics of Christianity in Papua New Guinea / John Barker
7. Chiefs, Church, and State in Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands / Geoffrey White
8. Why Is There No Political Theology among the Urapmin?: On Diarchy, Sects as Big as Society, and the Diversity of Pentecostal Politics / Joel Robbins
Reflections on Political Theology in the Pacific / Webb Keane

ix, 235 pages : 24 cm
The phrase "Christian politics" points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. The contributors to this volume address Christian politics in both senses and argue that Christianity is always and inevitably political in the Pacific Islands. Drawing on ethnographic and historical research in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji, the authors argue that Christianity and politics have redefined each other in much of Oceania in ways that make the two categories inseparable at any level of analysis. The individual chapters vividly illuminate the ways in which Christian politics operate across a wide scale, from interpersonal relations to national and global interconnections
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Christian politics in Oceania -- Mediating denominational disputes: land claims and the sound of Christian critique in the Waria Valley, Papua New Guinea -- "Heaven on Earth" or Satan's "base" in the Pacific?: Internal Christian politics in the dialogic construction of the Makiran Underground Army -- The generation of the now: denominational politics in Fijian Christianity -- Christian politics in Vanuatu: lay priests and new state forms -- Evangelical public culture: making stranger-citizens in Solomon Islands -- Anthropology and the politics of Christianity in Papua New Guinea -- Chiefs, church, and state in Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands -- Why is there no political theology among the Urapmin?: on diarchy, sects as big as society, and the diversity of Pentecostal politics -- Afterword: Reflections on political theology in the Pacific

2023-06-28