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Series:   Elements in Religion and Violence

Violence in Pacific Islander Traditional Religions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2021

Garry Trompf
Garry Trompf
Affiliation:
University of Sydney

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An Element on the role of violence in the traditional religions of the Pacific Ilands (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) and on violent activity in islander religious life after the opening of Oceania to the modern world. This work covers such issues as tribal warfare, sorcery and witchcraft, traditional punishment and gender imbalance. and moves on to consider reprisals against foreign intruders in the Pacific and the continuation of old types of violence in spite of massive socio-religious change.
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Print publication: 27 January 2022

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