Confusion, Native Skepticism, and Recurring Questions about the Year 2000: `Soft' Beliefs and...

Discusses the occurrence of millennial beliefs in the Arapesh-speaking region of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Interest of the populace to millennial predictions; Christian significance of the new millennium; Confusion in the current millennial thinking in the area.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ethnohistory Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 133 - 170
Main Author: Bashkow, Ira
Format: Article
Published: Duke University Press Winter2000
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