The Road to Clarity: Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion) PDF
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THE ROAD TO CLARITY CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION A series published with the Society for the Anthropology of Religion Robert Hefner, Series Editor Boston University Published by Palgrave Macmillan Body / Meaning / Healing By Thomas J. Csordas The Weight of the Past: Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar By Michael Lambek After the Rescue: Jewish Identity and Community in Contemporary Denmark By Andrew Buckser Empowering the Past, Confronting the Future By Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Islam Obscured: The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation Daniel Martin Varisco Islam, Memory, and Morality in Yemen: Ruling Families in Transition Gabrielle Vom Bruck A Peaceful Jihad: Negotiating Identity and Modernity in Muslim Java Ronald Lukens-Bull The Road to Clarity: Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar Eva Keller The Road to Clarity Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar Eva Keller THEROADTOCLARITY © Eva Keller,2005. All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 and Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–7075–0 ISBN 1–4039–7076–9 (pbk.) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Keller,Eva. The road to clarity :Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar / Eva Keller. p.cm.—(Contemporary anthropology of religion) Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 1–4039–7075–0—ISBN 1–4039–7076–9 (pbk.) 1.Seventh Day Adventists—Madagascar.2.Madagascar—Church history.I.Title.II.Series. BX6153.4.M34K45 2005 286.7(cid:1)691—dc22 2005048820 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.,Chennai,India. First edition:November 2005 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. In Memory of Bodo This page intentionally left blank Contents Note on the Pronunciation of Malagasy Words ix Glossary x Acknowledgments xi Foreword by Maurice Bloch xiv Introduction 1 Part I The Setting Chapter 1 People in Search of a Living 15 Chapter 2 Christianity and Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar 37 Chapter 3 International and Local Structure of the Adventist Church 58 Chapter 4 Profiles 68 Part II The Road to Clarity Chapter 5 Bible Study 85 Chapter 6 Knowledge of the Bible and Scientific Inquiry 117 Chapter 7 Text and Learning 136 viii CONTENTS Chapter 8 The Great Controversy 157 Chapter 9 The Construction and Rejection of Ancestral Religion 169 Chapter 10 Clarity 179 Part III Uncertainties Chapter 11 Making Choices 193 Chapter 12 Kinship 207 Conclusions 233 Notes 246 Bibliography 266 Index 280 Note on the Pronunciation of Malagasy Words T he dialect spoken in Maroantsetra and Sahameloka contains numerous velar nasals. Following other studies of coastal populations of Madagascar, among whom this sound is common, I spell it as /ñ/ (pronounced as in English “long”). Written /o/ is pronounced [u], written /ô/ is pronounced [o]. Written /tr/ is pronounced some- thing like [tchr], thus Maroantsetra is pronounced [Maruantsétchr].
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