Lynda Newland
Biographic Data
| ID | 3641336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynda Newland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynda |
| FAMILY NAME | Newland |
| SIGNATURE | NEWLAND L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Villages, Violence and Atonement in Fiji
Over the last 10 years or so, Violence Against Women (VAW) and gender violence more generally have been conceptualised as major obstacles to development insofar as they increase healthcare costs and reduce productivity. 1 The types of violence these terms most commonly refer to are domestic violence between spouses and other intimate partners, rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse in which men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators and women a…
The Lost Tribes of I srael – and the G enesis of C hristianity in F iji
The idea that certain iTaukei (formerly ‘ F ijian’) clans are descended from the Jews, particularly through a L ost T ribe of I srael, is very strong among some contemporary clans and church groups in F iji. The importance of the Lost Tribes was reinforced in the 1987 coups, when it formed part of the political rhetoric of the coup leader, S itiveni R abuka, who was also a lay preacher of the M ethodist C hurch. In order to understand such claims…
Introduction
This Introduction to this Special Issue of O ceania, ‘Descent from I srael: J ewish Identities in the P acific, Past and Present’, sets the historical context of E uropean interest in P acific peoples as descended from the ‘Lost Tribes’ of the biblical H ebrews. After surveying the way in which P acific C hristians in the past and present have adopted a J ewish identity, whether through genealogy, biblical and theological interpretation, and/or d…
Imagining nationhood
The idea that Fiji should be a Christian state resurfaces periodically. In 2012, it has appeared in a number of submissions to the Constitution Committee from the Methodist Church and a political party, the SDL, both of which are known to have strong support from the majority of iTaukei (indigenous Fijians). This paper explores how an influential faction of iTaukei Methodists has imagined Fiji as a Christian community connected to 'place' through…
New Methodism and Old
Although Methodism has remained the dominant form of Christianity in Fiji, Methodist beliefs have been contested by a proliferation of Pentecostal/evangelical churches, but never more directly than by a new form of Methodism which flourished in the years up to 2009. This new church was called the New Methodist Church and, for a period in 2008 and 2009, the Fiji police forces were strongly encouraged to participate and finally to convert to it. Th…
Miracle-Workers and Nationhood
In 2003, the Assembly of Christian Churches of Fiji ( ACCF ) invited evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, who is reputed to have raised a man from the dead, to conduct a revival in Fiji. Three years later, an invitation was also extended to American televangelist Benny Hinn. The Qarase government welcomed Bonnke's visit as an act of reconciliation for the nation, despite the fact that about 42 percent of the population of Fiji are not Christian, and many …
Tomlinson, Matt
Anthropos , Seite 690 - 690
Religion and politics
On 5 December 2006, Commodore Bainimarama led a successful military coup against a Qarase government that had been strongly supported by the Assembly of Christian Churches of Fiji (ACCF), an umbrella organization in which the Methodist Church of Fiji is the most dominant member.Within two days of the coup, the Assistant General Secretary of the Methodist Church, in his capacity as chair of both the ACCF and a second umbrella group, the Fiji Counc…
The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji
This book explores the factors behind - and the implications of - the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians - including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All
Female circumcision
Turning the Spirits into Witchcraft
Since Independence in 1970, Pentecostal churches have undergone unprecedented growth in Fiji. They claim to revive and purify Christianity and openly demonise many traditional ideas and practices that have been incorporated into the teachings and practices of the indigenous orthodox church of Methodism. The repercussions are that families with pre‐Christian esoteric knowledges are now perceived as cursed and therefore more likely to suffer illnes…
Syncretism and the Politics of the Tingkeban in West Java
For the rural Sundanese of West Java who identify with Nahdatul Ulama Islam, the tingkeban is considered a mandatory ritual to be conducted for a woman who is seven months pregnant. However, like other local practices around birth, the tingkeban has come under state and urban modernising influences that have attempted to displace some of its elements as ‘culture’ rather than ‘religion’ and to discredit many of these as superstitious and backward.…
The Deployment of the Prosperous Family
In Indonesia, Keluarga Sejahtera or "the Prosperous Family" is a slogan for a number of government development programs which were implemented under the Soeharto regime. The centrepiece of Keluarga Sejahtera has been the family planning program. Rationalized through the arguments of the population discourses, the Indonesian family planning program has become an empirical example of Foucault's biopower where women's reproductive health is conflate…
Syncretism and the Politics of theTingkebanin West Java
For the rural Sundanese of West Java who identify with Nahdatul Ulama Islam, the tingkeban is considered a mandatory ritual to be conducted for a woman who is seven months pregnant. However, like other local practices around birth, the tingkeban has come under state and urban modernising influences that have attempted to displace some of its elements as ‘culture’ rather than ‘religion’ and to discredit many of these as superstitious and backward.…
Under the Banner of Islam
Although it is usually claimed that 90% of Indonesians are Muslims, many scholars have characterised Indonesian Islam as ‘not really’ Islam but as only nominally or syncretically so. This paper provides a critique of Clifford Geertz's use of the notion of syncretism followed by a description of the Muslim world as lived by Sundanese villagers in the Priangan Mountains of West Java. Mobilised in response to specific historical conditions, the Sund…
Under the Banner of Islam
Although it is usually claimed that 90% of Indonesians are Muslims, many scholars have characterised Indonesian Islam as ‘not really’ Islam but as only nominally or syncretically so. This paper provides a critique of Clifford Geertz's use of the notion of syncretism followed by a description of the Muslim world as lived by Sundanese villagers in the Priangan Mountains of West Java. Mobilised in response to specific historical conditions, the Sund…
The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji
This book explores the factors behind - and the implications of - the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians - including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All
Female circumcision
New Methodism and Old
Although Methodism has remained the dominant form of Christianity in Fiji, Methodist beliefs have been contested by a proliferation of Pentecostal/evangelical churches, but never more directly than by a new form of Methodism which flourished in the years up to 2009. This new church was called the New Methodist Church and, for a period in 2008 and 2009, the Fiji police forces were strongly encouraged to participate and finally to convert to it. Th…
Imagining nationhood
The idea that Fiji should be a Christian state resurfaces periodically. In 2012, it has appeared in a number of submissions to the Constitution Committee from the Methodist Church and a political party, the SDL, both of which are known to have strong support from the majority of iTaukei (indigenous Fijians). This paper explores how an influential faction of iTaukei Methodists has imagined Fiji as a Christian community connected to 'place' through…
Under the Banner of Islam
Although it is usually claimed that 90% of Indonesians are Muslims, many scholars have characterised Indonesian Islam as ‘not really’ Islam but as only nominally or syncretically so. This paper provides a critique of Clifford Geertz's use of the notion of syncretism followed by a description of the Muslim world as lived by Sundanese villagers in the Priangan Mountains of West Java. Mobilised in response to specific historical conditions, the Sund…
Under the Banner of Islam
Although it is usually claimed that 90% of Indonesians are Muslims, many scholars have characterised Indonesian Islam as ‘not really’ Islam but as only nominally or syncretically so. This paper provides a critique of Clifford Geertz's use of the notion of syncretism followed by a description of the Muslim world as lived by Sundanese villagers in the Priangan Mountains of West Java. Mobilised in response to specific historical conditions, the Sund…
Syncretism and the Politics of the Tingkeban in West Java
For the rural Sundanese of West Java who identify with Nahdatul Ulama Islam, the tingkeban is considered a mandatory ritual to be conducted for a woman who is seven months pregnant. However, like other local practices around birth, the tingkeban has come under state and urban modernising influences that have attempted to displace some of its elements as ‘culture’ rather than ‘religion’ and to discredit many of these as superstitious and backward.…
The Deployment of the Prosperous Family
In Indonesia, Keluarga Sejahtera or "the Prosperous Family" is a slogan for a number of government development programs which were implemented under the Soeharto regime. The centrepiece of Keluarga Sejahtera has been the family planning program. Rationalized through the arguments of the population discourses, the Indonesian family planning program has become an empirical example of Foucault's biopower where women's reproductive health is conflate…
Syncretism and the Politics of theTingkebanin West Java
For the rural Sundanese of West Java who identify with Nahdatul Ulama Islam, the tingkeban is considered a mandatory ritual to be conducted for a woman who is seven months pregnant. However, like other local practices around birth, the tingkeban has come under state and urban modernising influences that have attempted to displace some of its elements as ‘culture’ rather than ‘religion’ and to discredit many of these as superstitious and backward.…
Turning the Spirits into Witchcraft
Since Independence in 1970, Pentecostal churches have undergone unprecedented growth in Fiji. They claim to revive and purify Christianity and openly demonise many traditional ideas and practices that have been incorporated into the teachings and practices of the indigenous orthodox church of Methodism. The repercussions are that families with pre‐Christian esoteric knowledges are now perceived as cursed and therefore more likely to suffer illnes…
Female circumcision
Religion and politics
On 5 December 2006, Commodore Bainimarama led a successful military coup against a Qarase government that had been strongly supported by the Assembly of Christian Churches of Fiji (ACCF), an umbrella organization in which the Methodist Church of Fiji is the most dominant member.Within two days of the coup, the Assistant General Secretary of the Methodist Church, in his capacity as chair of both the ACCF and a second umbrella group, the Fiji Counc…
The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji
This book explores the factors behind - and the implications of - the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians - including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All
Miracle-Workers and Nationhood
In 2003, the Assembly of Christian Churches of Fiji ( ACCF ) invited evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, who is reputed to have raised a man from the dead, to conduct a revival in Fiji. Three years later, an invitation was also extended to American televangelist Benny Hinn. The Qarase government welcomed Bonnke's visit as an act of reconciliation for the nation, despite the fact that about 42 percent of the population of Fiji are not Christian, and many …
Tomlinson, Matt
Anthropos , Seite 690 - 690
New Methodism and Old
Although Methodism has remained the dominant form of Christianity in Fiji, Methodist beliefs have been contested by a proliferation of Pentecostal/evangelical churches, but never more directly than by a new form of Methodism which flourished in the years up to 2009. This new church was called the New Methodist Church and, for a period in 2008 and 2009, the Fiji police forces were strongly encouraged to participate and finally to convert to it. Th…
Imagining nationhood
The idea that Fiji should be a Christian state resurfaces periodically. In 2012, it has appeared in a number of submissions to the Constitution Committee from the Methodist Church and a political party, the SDL, both of which are known to have strong support from the majority of iTaukei (indigenous Fijians). This paper explores how an influential faction of iTaukei Methodists has imagined Fiji as a Christian community connected to 'place' through…
The Lost Tribes of I srael – and the G enesis of C hristianity in F iji
The idea that certain iTaukei (formerly ‘ F ijian’) clans are descended from the Jews, particularly through a L ost T ribe of I srael, is very strong among some contemporary clans and church groups in F iji. The importance of the Lost Tribes was reinforced in the 1987 coups, when it formed part of the political rhetoric of the coup leader, S itiveni R abuka, who was also a lay preacher of the M ethodist C hurch. In order to understand such claims…
Introduction
This Introduction to this Special Issue of O ceania, ‘Descent from I srael: J ewish Identities in the P acific, Past and Present’, sets the historical context of E uropean interest in P acific peoples as descended from the ‘Lost Tribes’ of the biblical H ebrews. After surveying the way in which P acific C hristians in the past and present have adopted a J ewish identity, whether through genealogy, biblical and theological interpretation, and/or d…
Villages, Violence and Atonement in Fiji
Over the last 10 years or so, Violence Against Women (VAW) and gender violence more generally have been conceptualised as major obstacles to development insofar as they increase healthcare costs and reduce productivity. 1 The types of violence these terms most commonly refer to are domestic violence between spouses and other intimate partners, rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse in which men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators and women a…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · History (8 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Asian Studies and History (5 works)