Critical Christianity: Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea Volume 16

by Courtney Handman

Book Overview

In Critical Christianity, Courtney Handman analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Within Guhu-Samane churches, processes of denominational schism--long relegated to the secular study of politics or identity--are moments of critique through which Christians constitute themselves and their social worlds. Far from being...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520283767
• ISBN13: 9780520283763
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"