Description
More than a quarter of the world's religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania. The Religions of Oceania is the first book to bring together up-to-date information on the great and changing variety of traditional religions in the Pacific zone. The book also deals with indigenous Christianity and its wide influence across the region, and includes new religious movements generated by the responses of indigenous peoples to colonists and missionaries, the best known of these being the Cargo Cults' of Melanesia.
The authors present a thorough and accessible examination of the fascinating diversity of religious practices in the area, analysing new religious developments, and provideing clear interpretative tools and a mine of information to help the student better understand the world's most complex ethnologic tapestry.
Author: Tony Swain, Garry Trompf
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/05/1995
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.40w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9780415060196
ISBN10: 0415060192
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | History
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