Fields of the Lord: Animism, Christian Minorities and State Development in Indonesia

From: The Australian Journal of Anthropology | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Robinson, Kathryn | Copyright information

Lorraine V. Aragon. Fields of the Lord: Animism, Christian Minorities and State Development in Indonesia. Honolulu; University of Hawai'i Press. 2000. Pp.344, index, bibliog. US$21.95 (Pb.), ISBN 0-82482-303-6; US$54.00, ISBN 0-82482-171-8.

This is truly an ethnography of the late New Order. Aragon reminds us of the more than 100 year-long history of Christianity in the Tobaku region of Central Sulawesi where she conducted field research. This picture of a tradition with long roots, an...

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