Encounter of Religions in Papua New Guinea—Toward a Relationship between Christianity and Original Traditions

The text introduces Papua New Guinea as a region where an encounter of various cultural and religious traditions occurred in the last several centuries and which still happens today. Christianization has posed a significant cultural change that has taken place recently and at the same time as modern...

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Published in:Horizons (Villanova) 2023-12, Vol.50 (2), p.365-386
Main Authors: Lužný, Dušan, Soukup, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Christianity
Colonialism
Cultural change
Culture
GNP
Gross National Product
Migration
Modernization
Religion
Religious cults
Society
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Summary:The text introduces Papua New Guinea as a region where an encounter of various cultural and religious traditions occurred in the last several centuries and which still happens today. Christianization has posed a significant cultural change that has taken place recently and at the same time as modernization. Using examples from Papua New Guinea, the study demonstrates that although Christianity can dominate in a particular society, elements of original Indigenous religions can exist in parallel or can create a syncretic synthesis. The aim of the study is to analyze the types of this coexistence and to identify the factors of maintenance and transformation of Indigenous traditions as a result of Christianization as part of the process of globalization. The study is a contribution to the discussion on the forms of world Christianity.
ISSN:0360-9669
2050-8557
DOI:10.1017/hor.2023.39