| The Road to Clarity: Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Keller, E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403970750 ISBN-13: 9781403970756 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: In recent years, millions of people have joined churches such as the Seventh-day Adventist which prosper enormously in different parts of the world. The Road to Clarity is one of the first ethnographic in-depth studies of this phenomenon. It is a vivid account based on almost two years of participation in ordinary church members' daily religious and non-religious lives. The book offers a fascinating inquiry into the nature of long-term commitment to Adventism among rural people in Madagascar. Eva Keller argues that the key attraction of the church lies in the excitement of study, argument, and intellectual exploration. This is a novel approach which challenges utilitarian and cultural particularist explanations of the success of this kind of Christianity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Seventh-day Adventist - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 286.769 |
| LCCN: 2005048820 |
| Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.58" W x 8.67" (0.96 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years, millions of people have joined churches such as the Seventh-day Adventist which prosper enormously in different parts of the world. The Road to Clarity is one of the first ethnographic in-depth studies of this phenomenon. It is a vivid account based on almost two years of participation in ordinary church members' daily religious and non-religious lives. The book offers a fascinating inquiry into the nature of long-term commitment to Adventism among rural people in Madagascar. Eva Keller argues that the key attraction of the church lies in the excitement of study, argument and intellectual exploration. This is a novel approach which challenges utilitarian and cultural particularist explanations of the success of this kind of Christianity. |