Between empowerment and power: the rise of the self-supporting church in Western Flores, eastern Indonesia

This article explores how ideas about empowerment often end up being manipulated by those in power, its implications, and what effect this has had on the trajectory of the Catholic Church in the western part of Flores during this period of revival, empowerment, and indigenization. What many have ref...

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Main Author: Erb, Maribeth (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Institution 2006
In: Sojourn
Year: 2006, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 204-229
Further subjects:B Church
B Socio-cultural change
B Indonesia Flores (Island) Manggarai Catholic church Empowerment Indigenisierung Gesellschaftliche Prozesse Money Power Religious organization Hierarchy Structure of Socio-cultural change Christliche Kirche Catholicism
B Empowerment
B Money
B Hierarchy
B Structure of
B Development
B Catholicism
B Cultural change
B Society
B Religious organization
B Power
B Catholic school
B Indigenous peoples
B Indonesia