Whiteman, Darrell L.

Melanesians and missionaries : an ethnohistorical study of social and religious change in the southwest Pacific / Darrell L. Whiteman ; [foreword by Alan R. Tippett]. - Pasadena, CA : W. Carey Library, ©1983. - xxi, 559 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-539) and index.

Missionaries and culture change -- Pre-contact Melanesian society and culture -- Missionary contact and Melanesian response -- Melanesian movements toward Christianity -- Toward independence and indigenization -- The problem of indigenous Christianity -- Missionaries as agents of culture change.

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Missions--Vanuatu.
Missions--Solomon Islands.
Culture conflict--Vanuatu.
Culture conflict--Solomon Islands.
Melanesians--Cultural assimilation.


Vanuatu--Social conditions.
Solomon Islands--Social conditions.

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