In God's Image: The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity Volume 5

by Matt Tomlinson

Book Overview

Today, most indigenous Fijians are Christians, and the Methodist Church is the foundation of their social and political lives. Yet, as this thought-provoking study of life on rural Kadavu Island finds, Fijians also believe that their ancestors possessed an inherent strength that is lacking in the present day. Looking in particular at the interaction between the church and the traditional chiefly system, Matt Tomlinson finds that this belief about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520257782
• ISBN13: 9780520257788
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"