Islam and Cultural Change in Papua New Guinea

by Scott Flower

Book Overview

Scholars of religion and policy makers may be surprised at the changes occurring on the second largest island of the world that straddles one of the most Christianised and least Christianised areas of the world. This book provides an accurate and deeper understanding of the nature of Islam in Papua New Guinea, and determines the causes and processes of recent growth in the country's Muslim population.

Combining ethnographic, sociological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367869780
• ISBN13: 9780367869786
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"