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In 2014, the island of Ahamb in Vanuatu became the scene of a startling Christian revival movement led by thirty children with spiritual vision'. However, it ended dramatically when two men believed to be sorcerers and responsible for much of the society's problems were hung by persons fearing for the island's future security. Based on twenty months of ethnographic fieldwork on Ahamb between 2010 and 2017, this book investigates how upheavals like the Ahamb revival can emerge to address and sometimes resolve social problems, but also carry risks of exacerbating the same problems they arise to address.

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      Publisher: Berghahn Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2025
      ISBN13: 9781836950608, 978-1836950608
      ISBN10: 1836950608
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      Book Synopsis
      In 2014, the island of Ahamb in Vanuatu became the scene of a startling Christian revival movement led by thirty children with spiritual vision'. However, it ended dramatically when two men believed to be sorcerers and responsible for much of the society's problems were hung by persons fearing for the island's future security. Based on twenty months of ethnographic fieldwork on Ahamb between 2010 and 2017, this book investigates how upheavals like the Ahamb revival can emerge to address and sometimes resolve social problems, but also carry risks of exacerbating the same problems they arise to address.

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