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The limits of meaning : case studies in the anthropology of Christianity /
- Title
- The limits of meaning : case studies in the anthropology of Christianity / edited by Matthew Engelke and Matt Tomlinson.
- Publication
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2006.
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- Description
- vi, 239 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Chiefly papers originally presented at a session of the 2002 meetings of the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Meaning, anthropology, Christianity / Matt Tomlinson and Matthew Engelke -- When silence isn't golden : charismatic speech and the limits of literalism / Simon Coleman -- Clarity and charisma : on the uses of ambiguity in ritual life / Matthew Engelke -- Rituals without final acts : prayer and success in World Vision Zimbabwe's humanitarian work / Erica Bornstein -- Nationalism and millenarianism in West Papua : institutional power, interpretive practice, and the pursuit of Christian truth / Danilyn Rutherford -- The limits of meaning in Fijian Methodist sermons / Matt Tomlinson -- Converting meanings and the meanings of conversion in Samoan moral economies / Ilana Gershon -- Dusty signs and roots of faith : the limits of Christian meaning in highland Bolivia / Andrew Orta -- Paranomics : on the semiotics of sacral action / James Faubion -- Afterword : on limits, ruptures, meaning, and meaninglessness / Joel Robbins.
- ISBN
- 1845451708 (alk. paper)
- 9781845451707 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006042661
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library