Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
Brian M. Howell
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Description for Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
Hardcover. In three congregations, representing three distinct social locations, Howell goes beneath the surface to argue that even with these Western forms, these Filipino Baptists are actively constructing themselves and the locality itself in terms of this global faith they have made their own. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HRCC92. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
In three congregations, representing three distinct social locations, Howell goes beneath the surface to argue that even with these Western forms, these Filipino Baptists are actively constructing themselves and the locality itself in terms of this global faith they have made their own.
In three congregations, representing three distinct social locations, Howell goes beneath the surface to argue that even with these Western forms, these Filipino Baptists are actively constructing themselves and the locality itself in terms of this global faith they have made their own.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230606616
SKU
V9780230606616
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About Brian M. Howell
BRIAN M. HOWELL is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wheaton College, USA.
Reviews for Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
"Over the past fifteen years the ethnographic study of Christianity across cultures has emerged as one of the most dynamic and widely followed of fields in the anthropology of religion.Howell s Christianity in the Local Context is one of the finest among these new studies in the anthropology of Christianity. His study is presented in an eminently readable and vivid ... Read more