Christian Moderns Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter

Name: Christian Moderns Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter
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ISBN: 9780520246522

ISBN-10: 0520246527

ISBN-13: 9780520246522

Edition: 2007

Authors: Webb Keane

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Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and practices linking the concept of modernity to that of human emancipation. To explore these links, Webb Keane undertakes a rich ethnographic study of the century-long encounter, from the colonial Dutch East Indies to post-independence Indonesia, among Calvinist missionaries, their converts, and those who resist conversion. Keane's analysis of their struggles over such things as prayers, offerings, and the value of money challenges familiar notions about agency. Through its exploration of language, materiality, and morality, this book illuminates a wide range of debates in social and cultural…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Locating Protestantism



Religion's Reach



Beliefs, Words, and Selves



Religion, Culture, and the Colonies



Conversion's Histories



Fetishisms



Umbu Neka's Conversion



Fetishism and the Word



Modern Sincerity



Materialism, Missionaries, and Modern Subjects



Purifications



Text, Act, Objectifications



Money Is No Object


Afterword


References


Index