Book
Rank and religion in Tikopia: a study in paganism and conversion to Christianity
Beacon Press • Boston, Mass. • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Firth, Raymond.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Firth describes the process of transition from the Tikopians' aboriginal religion to Christianity during the period ca. 1925-1955. The effect and processes of this transition on the whole socio-cultural system are analyzed in detail. According to this analysis, the transition took place relatively smoothly, with a change in political power and rank relationships and a relatively complete replacement of the old religious system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tikopia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928-1929, 1952, 1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1925-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Raymond Firth
- Information on propitiation involved in kava ritual has been indexed for categories 276 and 796; Information on community chiefs identical with chiefs of kin groups has been filed in categories 613 and 614; For additional information on personalities of chiefs, see categories 613, 614, and 793; For incorporeal property involved in the possession of kava, see category 613, 614, 793; Information on ritual elders has been filed in category 793; For theoretical discussion and structural-functional analysis of the impact of conversion to Christianity on the socio-cultural system, see pp. 13-44, 61-77, 162-214, 297-321, and 407-418; For data on acculturation and culture contacts associated with conversion to Christianity, see pp. 41-54,119, 160, 172-234, 250, 269, and 288-418; For changes in fundamental underlying conditions and general sociocultural trends, see pp. 41-45, 61, 84, 91-124, 147-179, 194-204, 220, 229, 242-276, and 288-418
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 71112710
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)