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Prophetic Histories: Time, Theology, and Theocracy in Solomon Islands

Prophetic Histories: Time, Theology, and Theocracy in Solomon Islands - Library Binding

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jaap TimmerSeries:Asao Studies in Pacific Anthropology #16Publish date:12/1/2025Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781836952770ISBN-10:1836952775UPC:9781836952770Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Sociology of ReligionBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC46FAQHWV
On Malaita in the Solomon Islands, an evangelical Israelite-inspired movement centers on a distinctive time-consciousness that reads the historical past and present as prophetic signs of an imminent future. This book examines how these 'prophetic histories' interweave biblical narrative, theological reflection, local accounts, kastom practice, spiritual journeys and Old-Testament political theory. Michael Maeliau, the movement's foremost leader, casts the resulting stories as divine messages. His theological reasoning transcends time, space, hierarchy and surface identity, to uncover the true essence of Malaita and establish a theocracy on the island. At the movement's core lies a prophetic order that integrates events, scripture and kastom while foregrounding the agency of God and divine revelation.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781836952770ISBN-10:1836952775UPC:9781836952770Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Sociology of ReligionBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC46FAQHWV

Jaap Timmer is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Sydney and a former Senior Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies. He has published numerous articles on religion, history and sovereignty in Indonesian Papua and Solomon Islands. His recent research explores historicity, heritage and the notion of a 'cosmic polity' among the Asmat of Papua.


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