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Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia
Aparecida Vilaça
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Description for Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia
Paperback. Offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 321 pages, 17 black and white, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Praying and Preying offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Vilaca turns to a vast range of historical, ethnographic and mythological material related to both the Wari' and missionaries perspectives and the author's own ethnographic field notes from her more than 30-year involvement with the Wari' community. Developing a close dialogue between the Melanesian literature, which informs much of the recent work in the Anthropology of ... Read more
Praying and Preying offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Vilaca turns to a vast range of historical, ethnographic and mythological material related to both the Wari' and missionaries perspectives and the author's own ethnographic field notes from her more than 30-year involvement with the Wari' community. Developing a close dialogue between the Melanesian literature, which informs much of the recent work in the Anthropology of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Anthropology of Christianity
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520289147
SKU
V9780520289147
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About Aparecida Vilaça
Aparecida Vilaca is Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is the author of Strange Enemies, Quem somos nos, and Comendo como gente and coeditor of Native Christians.
Reviews for Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia
Praying and Preying is a remarkably original and important study. Anthropology Review Database