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Critical Christianity: Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea
Courtney Handman
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Description for Critical Christianity: Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea
Paperback. Analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Far from being a practice of individualism, this title offers local people ways to make social groups sacred units of critique. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HRCC2; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
In Critical Christianity, Courtney Handman analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Within Guhu-Samane churches, processes of denominational schism - long relegated to the secular study of politics or identity - are moments of critique through which Christians constitute themselves and their social worlds. Far from being a practice of individualism, Protestantism offers local people ways to make social groups sacred units of critique. Bible translation, produced by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, is a crucial resource for these critical projects ... Read more
In Critical Christianity, Courtney Handman analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Within Guhu-Samane churches, processes of denominational schism - long relegated to the secular study of politics or identity - are moments of critique through which Christians constitute themselves and their social worlds. Far from being a practice of individualism, Protestantism offers local people ways to make social groups sacred units of critique. Bible translation, produced by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, is a crucial resource for these critical projects ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Anthropology of Christianity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283763
SKU
V9780520283763
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About Courtney Handman
Courtney Handman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for Critical Christianity: Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea
"Handman offers a careful analysis of the doings and sayings of New Life Christians."
L. Lindstrom CHOICE "Courtney Handman's Critical Christianity...display[s] some of the best work being done right now in the anthropology of Christianity." Marginalia, Los Angeles Review of Books "Critical Christianity deserves to be read widely beyond its immediate audience of scholars of language, Christianity, and Melanesia ... Read more
L. Lindstrom CHOICE "Courtney Handman's Critical Christianity...display[s] some of the best work being done right now in the anthropology of Christianity." Marginalia, Los Angeles Review of Books "Critical Christianity deserves to be read widely beyond its immediate audience of scholars of language, Christianity, and Melanesia ... Read more