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Becoming Sinners Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society

Paperback • 2004 • English • 1. edition

Becoming Sinners Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society

By Joel Robbins

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About the book

In a world of swift and sweeping cultural transformations, few have seen changes as rapid and dramatic as those experienced by the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea in the last four decades. A remote people never directly "missionized," the Urapmin began in the 1960s to send young men to study with Baptist missionaries living among neighboring communities. By the late 1970s, the Urapmin had undergone a charismatic revival, abandoning their traditional religion for a Christianity intensely focused on h...Show more

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ISBN

9780520238008

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Becoming Sinners Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society

Format

Paperback

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