Singing samo songs : from Shaman to pastor : an ethnohistorical approach to socio-religious expressions among the Samo of Papua New Guinea /

"Why did the Samo respond so positively to Bible translation but largely reject the mission approach to Christianity? A strong self-identity reflected in song types as well as ritual and ceremony the Samo use to order their lives provides answers of interest to anthropologists and missiologists...

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Main Author: Shaw, R. Daniel (Robert Daniel), 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2022]
Series:[Ritual studies monograph series]
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Table of Contents:
  • Series editors' preface: the endeavor of cross-cultural translation and indigenous responses to Christianity / Andrew J. Strathern & Pamela J. Stewart (Strathern)
  • Prologue. Survival as an expression of Samo life. The way it was
  • An ethnohistory. Socio-religious expression. The way it came to be
  • Kogooa Folobi, 'Singing Ancestor Songs': The 1960s and 70s
  • Baibo Booka Folobi, 'Singing Bible Songs': The 1980s
  • Giya Folobi, 'Singing Church Songs': The 1990s
  • Ayo Dome Hosigandi Folobi, 'Singing Praise to God': The 2000s
  • Epilogue. "How will people know we are Samo?" The way it will be.