Critical Christianity: Translation and Denominational Conflict in Papua New Guinea

In Critical Christianity, Courtney Handman analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu—Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as “the body of Christ.” Within Guhu—Samane churches, processes of denominational schism—long relegated to the secular study of politics or identity—are moments of critique through which Christians constitute themselves and their social worlds. Far from being a practice of individualism, Protestantism offers local pe...