University Press of America / Amer Society For Missiology
Pages: 198
Trim: 6⅛ x 9¼
978-0-7618-1439-9 • Hardback • July 1999 • $91.00 • (£70.00)
978-0-7618-1440-5 • Paperback • July 1999 • $61.99 • (£48.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
A. Sue Russell is Instructor of Sociology at Biola University.
chapter 1 Introduction
chapter 2 Tagal Power Relationships
chapter 3 The Supernatural and Power
chapter 4 The Church and Power
chapter 5 Bridewealth, Status, and Power
chapter 6 Leadership and Power
chapter 7 Social Identity and Power
chapter 8 Conversion, Identity, and Power
chapter 9 Bibliography
chapter 10 Index
This book is most useful as a supplmentary resource in missionary anthropology or in a course dealing with Christianity in Malaysia. Russell explores how the introduction of Christianity changed power relationships in traditional Tagal society.
— Missiology: An International Review