God or tidibe? Melanesian Christianity and the problem of wholes

Ethnos

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-162

  Hirsch, Eric ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individualism; Knowledge conventions; Parts and wholes; Relationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349107925     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840802180330     Document Type: Article

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