Author: STEINBAUER, Friedrich.
Title: Melanesian Cargo Cults: New Salvation Movements in the South Pacific.
Description: University of Queensland Press, 1979. Hardcover. The real significance of the cargo cults as a response to the invasion of an alien, powerful civilisation is revealed in this study by Dr. Friedrich Steinbauer. To many Melanesians, the cargo brought by Europeans was an essential part of Salvation as preached by missionaries; there was an equating of Christianity with material goods. 22p. of B/W plates, diagrs., graphs, map, Append., Biblio., Notes, Index; 215 pp. ISBN 9780702210952.

Keywords: Cargo cults Theological Melanesia Religion Melanesian Europeans Salvation missionaries Christianity sociology anthropology melanesia