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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..
Abstract
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.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field Date
- 1995-1996; 2001-2002
- Coverage Date
- 1982-1994
- Coverage Place
- East Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia
- Notes
- Christopher R. Duncan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-322)
- LCCN
- 64005713
- LCSH
- Tobelo (Indonesian people)