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This article addresses the debate between Louis Dumont and Marilyn Strathern on the nature of Western individualism and its contrast with non-Western forms of sociality, focusing on the implications of their arguments for the anthropological study of Christianity. It argues that Dumont’s concept of “value individualism” is useful for understanding the appeal of certain forms of Pentecostalism in Amazonia, while Strathern’s notion of “dividualism” helps to illuminate the persistence of indigenous socialities within Christian contexts. The article draws on ethnographic research among the Wari’ of Rondônia, Brazil, to show how indigenous people creatively appropriate Christian ideas and practices while maintaining their own distinctive ways of relating to persons and things.

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