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Untangling conversion: religious change and identity among the Forest Tobelo of Indonesia
Ethnology • 42 (4) • Published In 2003 • Pages: 307-322
By: Duncan, Christopher R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines how and why the Forest Tobelo were rapidly converted to Christianity by foreign missionaries, after decades of unsuccessful missions from the coastal-dwelling Tobelo, with whom they share a language and kinship ties. The principal reason is that the Forest Tobelo have chosen to maintain a distinct identity from coastal communities with whom they have a long history of mistrust and unequal power relations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Religious experience
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tobelo
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1995-1996; 2001-2002
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1982-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- East Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Christopher R. Duncan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-322)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tobelo (Indonesian people)