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Spiritual beliefs
Kiribati: a changing atoll culture • [suva, Fiji] • Published In 1985 • Pages: 75-84
By: Kirata, Baranite.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study discusses aspects of contemporary Kiribati religiosity and spirituality. When Christianity was introduced in the prior century, many Kiribati feared they might be forced to abandon traditional religious practices, including ancestor worship. Over time, however, they accepted Christianity because mission schools provided children with good education. Converts also found ways of incorporating traditional religion practices within the different Christian denominations. For maps, glossary, and bibliography see Mason (1985).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Spirits and gods
- Eschatology
- Animism
- Missions
- Congregations
- Sociocultural trends
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Education system
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Cleric
- Indigenous Person
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1857-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Baranite Kirata ; photographs by Tony Whincup
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86214124
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati--Social life and customs
- Kiribati--Social conditions