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Traditional Religion in Melanesia
by Aerts, Theo
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- ISBN 13
- 9789980840684
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University of Papua New Guinea Press. 2012. Trade paperback. Fine.. 191 pp., bibliography, maps. . There are various modern methods of an audience-centered reading of the Scriptures. One of them is an anthropology-inspired approach which assumes that people from these parts of the world come to the Bible with quite a different set of presuppositions, grounded in their own age-old traditions. This kind of approach goes purposely away from the well-established kind of reading which is based upon past Jewish history, ancient near-Eastern customs and archaeology, Semitic philology and so on. But without denying the value of these essentially sound segments of learning, is it really necessary that Melanesians should first plunge into Western academia in order to hear God's word? Or is it no longer true that "Greeks" must not first become "Jews" before they can become Christians? The articles gathered in Traditional Religion in Melanesia, and its companion volume Christianity in Melanesia contribute to the goal just described. They make clear that religion as such was not something that was completely new for "the pagans of the past", and that as a rule, too, they were rather selective in accepting the Christian message. This accounts for some misunderstandings, but also for some very positive ways of accepting Christianity.
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- Title
- Traditional Religion in Melanesia
- Author
- Aerts, Theo
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine.
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9980840684
- ISBN 13
- 9789980840684
- Publisher
- University of Papua New Guinea Press
- Place of Publication
- Port Moresby
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- 191 pp., bibliography, maps., Papua New Guinea
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