Books by Garry Trompf
Friedrich Max Müller: Some Preliminary Chips from his German Workshop
Journal of Religious History, 1969
... 3745, ii, pp. 91-2, 339, 343; Tylor, E., 'The Science of Language' in The Quarterl... more ... 3745, ii, pp. 91-2, 339, 343; Tylor, E., 'The Science of Language' in The Quarterly Review, CXIX, 1866, pp. ... 8 Comparative Religion: its Adjuncts and Allies, London, 1915, pp. 509ff. 9 ... 11 See Müller, Mrs M., The Life and Letters of Friedrich Max Müller, London, 1902, i, p. 186. 12 ...
The Religions of Oceania: Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
Pacific Affairs, 1996
Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions
Anthropological Quarterly, 1996
... University of Sydney) was invaluable in helping to defray the costs of copy-editing this larg... more ... University of Sydney) was invaluable in helping to defray the costs of copy-editing this large volume; that Elizabeth Wood Ellem and ... Commission for Asia and the Pacific Fam Family FEER Far Eastern Economic Review FLNKS Front de liberation nationale kanake et socialiste ...
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Gnostica: Texts and Interpretations
Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde, 2005
Papers by Garry Trompf
The interpretation of cargo cults
Melanesian Religion, 1991
Cultures of Secrecy: Reinventing Race in Bush Kaliai Cargo Cults
American Ethnologist, 1999
Cultures of Secrecy: Reinventing Race in Bush Kaliai Cargo Cults. Andrew Lattas. Madison: Univers... more Cultures of Secrecy: Reinventing Race in Bush Kaliai Cargo Cults. Andrew Lattas. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. xiiv. 359 pp., maps, illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index.
A Thoughtful Life: Essay[S] in Philosophical Theology: A Fests[C]Hrift for Rev Profes[S]or Harry Wardlaw
A collection of essays by scholars nominated by Prof Harry Wardlaw, on subjects close to his own ... more A collection of essays by scholars nominated by Prof Harry Wardlaw, on subjects close to his own life-long teaching and research interests.
La section médiane de l'évangile de Luc : l'organisation des documents
Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 1973
Les chap. 9 à 19 de l'Evangile de Luc juxtaposent dans un désordre apparent des péricopes trè... more Les chap. 9 à 19 de l'Evangile de Luc juxtaposent dans un désordre apparent des péricopes très diverses que le thème du voyage vers Jérusalem ne relie entre elles que d'une façon très lâche. On a cherché très loin la logique sous-jacente à cet entassement un peu déroutant. Elle est en réalité tout simple. En historien consciencieux, Luc s'efforce de mettre en valeur V enseignement de son héros, Jésus, en faisant alterner les trois thèmes principaux qu'il comportait : la fausse sécurité, l'appel à suivre le Maître et les règles de la rétribution.
Easter Island : site of the first Pacific Cargo cult?
Tribute: Friedegard Elsbeth Tomasetti, 1937–2020
Oceania, 2022
Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021
So-called cargo cults are new religious movements best known among the indigenous population of O... more So-called cargo cults are new religious movements best known among the indigenous population of Oceania, especially Melanesia. Their focus of attention is the mystery surrounding the new goods brought by light-skinned strangers in awe-striking ocean-going vessels and (later) in great flying ‘bird-like’ containers. Various socio-religious movements arose in response to these European-style wares (later internationally-marketed commodities), or “the Cargo” (pidgin: Kago), often in agitated collective expectation of an extraordinary arrival of new riches. The Melanesian outbursts have been typically inspired by prophet-type leaders, with their messages reflecting a transition between indigenous traditions and more settled islander Christianities. This paper moves on from describing and explaining southwest Pacific cargo-type movements to the issue of the ethos out of which they arose, and addresses the sociology of hope for Cargo (or modern commodities in plenty) as a global issue, bes...
Death and the after-life in traditional belief and practice
Melanesian Religion, 1991
It is a common viewpoint that religion is essentially an affirmation of personal post-mortem surv... more It is a common viewpoint that religion is essentially an affirmation of personal post-mortem survival or continued existence in some form beyond the grave. While this view lends itself to reductionism — for religion, as we have already seen, has many constituents — there can be little doubt that death and the after-life have been central preoccupations in virtually every traditional culture across the globe. Melanesia's religious scene is no exception to this general pattern. In this chapter the response to death will be taken up as the first of four thematic approaches to the region's varied traditions. Ethnological analysis and the exploration of methodological issues, however, are not pressing concerns at this stage; a general survey is offered once more, although in this case with only one major aspect of religious life in mind. The materials shall be structured around the human life cycle . This is partly for the better management of a complicated array of beliefs and phenomena, but more so because the complex emotional responses, sentiments, mental associations and intricate reasonings of homo religiosus will be in less danger of losing their pristine vitality and becoming disembodied data or mere curiosities of custom. In order to avoid viewing traditional Melanesia in a vacuum, moreover, something will be made of the neo-Marxist, if rather arbitrary, distinction between the traditional, the transitional and the modern, so as to account for important shifts in religious expression during post-contact times. The ancient Chinese philosopher Hui Shih once said that ‘man begins to die from his birth’, and this is an appropriate comment on the subsistence, survivalist cultures of Melanesia.
The Gospel Is Not Western: Black Theologies from the Southwest Pacific
Buddhist-Christian Studies, 1989
The conception of God in Hebrews 4: 12–13
Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, 1971
(1971). The conception of God in Hebrews 4: 12–13. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology... more (1971). The conception of God in Hebrews 4: 12–13. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 123-132.
New religious movements in Melanesia
Iran and the Caucasus, Nov 28, 2023
The ancient correspondence allegedly between the Toparch Abgar v of Edessa and Jesus of Nazareth ... more The ancient correspondence allegedly between the Toparch Abgar v of Edessa and Jesus of Nazareth is usually treated in modern scholarship as legendary, though possession of it was important for the legitimation of Armenia as the first Christian kingdom in ca. 314 a.d. (prior to Constantine's 'Christian' rule of a united Roman Empire from 324, and well before Theodosius i's Edict of Thessalonica in 380). This paper attempts to create a demythologized space in which to reconsider the historical probability that Jesus, widely reputed as a healer in the chief (Near Eastern) Jewish centre of influence, was asked for help by an ailing eminent and replied to his request. Along the way, questions will be raised for further research (italicized) and so in this sense the article takes the form of an Agenda.
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
Johannes M. Luetz and Patrick D. Nunn (eds.), Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Appr... more Johannes M. Luetz and Patrick D. Nunn (eds.), Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands. Climate Change Management [3] (Cham: Springer, 2021), 391pp., £245.97, ISBN: 9783030676018.
Secularization for Melanesia?
Melanesian Religion, 1991
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