Charles E. Farhadian (USA Westmont College)

Christianity, Islam and Nationalism in Indonesia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous population in the troubled province, this book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780415546690
• ISBN-10: 0415546699
• Artikelnr.: 26488660

Autorenporträt

Charles E. Farhadian is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. He holds a masters degree from Yale University and a PhD from Boston University. His research interests and publications have addressed Indonesia, Christianity, Islam, the politics of cultural identity, and the relationship between religions and cultures. He is currently completing a comparative project on Christianity, cultures, and worship worldwide.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Conflicting Visions and Constructing Identities:
Beyond Splendid Isolation 2. The Western Mission Enterprise and the New
Order's New Society: Instilling the Visions 3. Jayapura and Transformations
of the New Society: Down from the Mountain 4. Secularizing Society: The
Struggle of Christianity in West Papua 5. The Vision of the Church: The New
Jerusalem 6. The Desecularization of Dani Religiosity and Identity: "All in
the Making" 7. Conclusion: Beyond Mission Christianity