Two hundred years of Christianity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11963591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niel Gunson (The University of Western Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aboriginal History Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0314-8769 • E-ISSN: 1837-9389 |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/ah.12.2011.08 |
| OpenAlex | W2790230008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
DIANE BARWICK stood out among anthropologists -and historians for that matter -for her understanding and ready acceptance of the Christian dimension of modem Aboriginality. After all, considered per head of population, more Aboriginal people claim to be Christian than the large mass of other Australians. That this is so should not be surprising. Nor is it simply because Christianity can be seen as a 'religion of the oppressed' or even as 'the opiate of the people'. Contrary to early missionary belief Aborigines were an essentially religious people almost perfectly adapted to the natural environment in which they found themselves, but primal religion needed to be synthesised with or replaced by one of the
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |