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Reorganizing the Cosmology: The Reinterpretation of Deities and Religious Practice by Protestants in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2011

Lorraine V. Aragon
Lorraine V. Aragon
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East Carolina University
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Abstract

Converted by Salvation Army missionaries in the 1920s, Tobaku people in western Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, have made Protestantism indigenous by re-classifying deities and interpreting biblical texts and teachings to support local political, moral, and spiritual expectations. This article discusses twentieth-century changes in deity concepts and ritual practice among the Tobaku.

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Symposium: Protestants and Tradition in Southeast Asia
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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , September 1996 , pp. 350 - 373
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1996

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