Author: MAY, H.- J. - F. MISPAGEL AND F. PFISTER (COMPILERS),
Title: Die Insel Sumba. Mächte und Mythen der Steinzeit im 20. Jahrhundert.
Description: Bonn, Hofbauer Verlag, s.d. [circa], 1980. large 8°. orig. pict. col. glossy glazed boards. 125pp. Many col. and plain plates, text-ills. all after orig. field-photos, 2 full-p. sketch-maps, concise glossary of indonesian and sumbanese terms and words, list of contributors at very end. A lavishly illustrated collection of essays on Sumba-Island, Eastern Indonesia, by a number of roman-catholic missionaries, describing the transformation of ancient sumbanese cults, religion and daily life to modern times, the slow process of christianization. Amongst the contributors, touching upon many subjects, we find a.o. father Wilhelm Lang, Umbu Harambura Kapita, father Gerhard Baggeler, Sr. Caroline Nggole (congregation of the Precious Blood), Oe. H. Kapita (evang.pastor), Br. Alfons Sene (redemptorist), Msgr. Henricus Haripranata(S.J.-Java), father Franz Pfister (redemptorist), &c..A very fine copy.

Keywords: christianization sumba customs religion indonesia southeast asia