Creating an Indigenous Christian leadership in Papua

Wetherell, David 2012, Creating an Indigenous Christian leadership in Papua, Journal of Pacific history, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 163-185.

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Title	Creating an Indigenous Christian leadership in Papua
Author(s)	Wetherell, David
Journal name	Journal of Pacific history
Volume number	47
Issue number	2
Start page	163
End page	185
Total pages	23
Publisher	Routledge
Place of publication	Abingdon, England
Publication date	2012-06
ISSN	0022-3344
Keyword(s)	Christianity Missionaries Leadership
Summary	In eastern Papua, Christian missionaries found a social structure unparalleled in most areas of religious expansion in the world: it apparently lacked chiefs and any identifiable leadership. Nearly all the Massim societies of eastern Papua were matrilineal, and land was passed through females. Here, women enjoyed a higher status than elsewhere in what is now Papua New Guinea. By drawing on the records of missionary agents, both European and Polynesian, this paper shows how the Methodist, Anglican and Kwato (London Missionary Society) missions in eastern Papua all encountered difficulty in fostering a cadre of male leaders, but — as became evident after World War II — they experienced greater success in fostering women's leadership.
Language	eng
Field of Research	220499 Religion and Religious Studies not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective	970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2012, Taylor & Francis
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046856

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of History, Heritage and Society

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