Christianity, Islam, and nationalism in Indonesia
Although over eighty percent of the country is Muslim, Indonesia is marked by an extraordinary diversity in language, ancestry, culture, religion and ways of life. This book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua, providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous popu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York , N.Y. :
Routledge
2005.
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;
6. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433698106719 |
| Summary: | Although over eighty percent of the country is Muslim, Indonesia is marked by an extraordinary diversity in language, ancestry, culture, religion and ways of life. This book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua, providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous population in the troubled province. It presents a fascinating overview of the Dani's conversion to Christianity, examining the social, religious and political uses to which they have put their new religion.Based on independent research carried out over many years among the Dani people, |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134240623 9781134240630 9781280251917 9786610251919 9780203007556 |
