Becoming Christian and Dayak: a Study of Christian Conversion among Dayaks in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.(Book Review)

From: Borneo Research Bulletin | Date: January 1, 2004 | Copyright information

Connolly, Jennifer, 2004, Becoming Christian and Dayak: A Study of Christian Conversion among Dayaks in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Ph.D. thesis (Cultural Anthropology). New School University.

This dissertation explores the social impact and cultural meaning of Christian conversion among Dayaks, the indigenous people of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The findings are based on eighteen months of fieldwork in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, as well as archival research conducted ...

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