Becoming sinners: Christianity and desire among the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea. From: Ethnology | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Robbins, Joel | COPYRIGHT 1998 University of Pittsburgh. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Christianity conflicts with traditional social structure among the Urapmin in West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. The traditional structure places willfulness and lawfulness in a dialectical relationship, whereas Christianity has demonized willfulness, so that desire has become problematic. The Urapmin social structure requires routine violation of Christian moral codes. Rituals such as spirit discos, group possession dances, have been developed to help deal with conflicting notions of des...

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