The Christianity of Culture

Conversion, Ethnic Citizenship, and the Matter of Religion in Malaysian Borneo

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: L. Chua ISBN: 9781137012722
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: January 2, 2012
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: L. Chua
ISBN: 9781137012722
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: January 2, 2012
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

In this richly contextualized study, Liana Chua explores how a largely Christian Bidayuh community has been reconfiguring its relationship to its old animist rituals through the trope and politics of "culture." Placing her ethnography in dialogue with developments in the nascent anthropology of Christianity, Chua argues that such efforts at "continuity speaking" are the product not only of Malaysian cultural politics, but also of conversion and Christianity itself. This book invites scholars to rethink the nature and scope of conversion, as well as the multifarious, yet distinctive, forms that Christianity can take.

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In this richly contextualized study, Liana Chua explores how a largely Christian Bidayuh community has been reconfiguring its relationship to its old animist rituals through the trope and politics of "culture." Placing her ethnography in dialogue with developments in the nascent anthropology of Christianity, Chua argues that such efforts at "continuity speaking" are the product not only of Malaysian cultural politics, but also of conversion and Christianity itself. This book invites scholars to rethink the nature and scope of conversion, as well as the multifarious, yet distinctive, forms that Christianity can take.

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