Mennonite Disaster Relief and the Interfaith Encounter in Aceh, Indonesia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2503091
AutoresPhilip Fountain (0000-0002-4015-6478, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume75
Fascículo1
Páginas[163]-190
Data de publicação2016-06-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Ethnology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1882-6865 • E-ISSN: 1882-6865
EditoraNanzan University (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.18874/ae.75.1.07
OpenAlexW2520056563
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas15

This ethnography examines the disaster relief work of the Mennonite Cen tral Committee (MCC) in Aceh, Indonesia, following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. MCC’s work is informed by the theologies and historical experiences of the North American Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. An intentional focus of mcc’s work was a substantive interfaith encounter between MCC workers, all of whom identified as Christian, and Acehnese Muslims. Through an examination of interpersonal relationships, organizational partnerships, and materiality, I trace the ambiguities and transformative potential within these interactions. Encounters are not simply the unfurling of predetermined scripts, but rather dynamic spaces of negotiation. Focusing on encounters counteracts tendencies to reify and essentialize religious disaster relief

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