Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific: The Transformation of Global Christianity

L M Ratnapalan

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific: The Transformation of Global Christianity
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
31 March 2023
Pages
232
ISBN
9781474494816

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific: The Transformation of Global Christianity

L M Ratnapalan

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific Islands re-orients the intellectual biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by presenting him in the distinctive cultural environment of the Pacific. The book argues that Stevenson was religiously literate within a Scottish Presbyterian tradition and therefore well placed to grasp with subtlety the breadth and dynamics of a Christianized Pacific culture. It considers his legacy with respect to issues of indigenous sovereignty and agency and positions him within an important and wide-ranging modern debate about inculturation, defined as the emergence of Christianity from within a particular culture rather than imposed on it from outside. Through this study of a major Scottish writer, the book offers a model of interdisciplinary scholarship.

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