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Conversion, Identity, and Power
A. Sue Russell
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Description for Conversion, Identity, and Power
Hardback. Series: American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
Conversion, Identity, and Power examines how the introduction of the church as a new social institution affects social exchanges, power relationships, and social identity in the Tagal communities. A. Sue Russell uses resources, control of resources, and social exchanges to obtain these resources, from Richard Adams' definition of social power forms as a framework for studying the impact of this new social institution. She focuses on the two key power relationships in Tagal society: the relationships formed to gain supernatural resources, and the relationship between wife-giver and wife-taker formed through the payment of bridewealth. Russell explains that Christianity offered a ... Read more
Conversion, Identity, and Power examines how the introduction of the church as a new social institution affects social exchanges, power relationships, and social identity in the Tagal communities. A. Sue Russell uses resources, control of resources, and social exchanges to obtain these resources, from Richard Adams' definition of social power forms as a framework for studying the impact of this new social institution. She focuses on the two key power relationships in Tagal society: the relationships formed to gain supernatural resources, and the relationship between wife-giver and wife-taker formed through the payment of bridewealth. Russell explains that Christianity offered a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761814399
SKU
V9780761814399
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About A. Sue Russell
A. Sue Russell is Instructor of Sociology at Biola University.
Reviews for Conversion, Identity, and Power
This book is most useful as a supplmentary resource in missionary anthropology or in a course dealing with Christianity in Malaysia. Russell explores how the introduction of Christianity changed power relationships in traditional Tagal society.
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