1st Edition
Tradition and Christianity The Colonial Transformation of a Solomon Islands Society
By Ben Burt
Copyright 1994
214 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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Burt studies the effects of the 19th century labour trade, colonial subjugation and the subsequent Christian conversion. He examines the anti-colonial Maasina Rule movement of the 1940s and finally illustrates the subsequent efforts of Kwara'ae leaders to regain their self-determination and to reaffirm the values of "tradition" under Christianity. The Kwara'ae example of colonialism and... Read more
Land and people, relationships and rules; people and ghosts, religion and politics; going overseas (1870s to 1890s); God and government arrive (1900s to 1910s); the Christian transformation (1920s to 1930s); Masing Rul - the Maasina Rule Movement (1940s); towards "independence" (1950s to 1980s); the Christian social order; Kwara'ae Christianity and the Christian tradition; maps of Solomon Islands and Malaita and Kwara'ae and Kwai District.
Biography
Ben Burt
