Evangelical Rhetoric and the Transformation of Traditional Culture in Papua New Guinea
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- missionary messages
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 23 (1) , 150-156
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500009725
Abstract
One night five years after completing my first field work I had a disturbing dream. In it I returned to my original field site in the Bosavi region of Papua New Guinea to discover that the vast tropical forest with its patches of gardens and isolated longhouses had disappeared. In its place was a sprawling development with rows of tract houses, paved roads, and motels. The whole was dominated by an impressive mission complex with airstrip, schools, dormatories, and a huge church.Keywords
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