Christianity and Inculturation : The Traditional Belief and Catholicism of the Chamorro, the Indigenous People in Guam

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  • キリスト教とインカルチュレーション : グアムにおける先住民チャモロの伝統的信仰とカトリック信仰
  • キリストキョウ ト インカルチュレーション : グアム ニオケル センジュウミン チャモロ ノ デントウテキ シンコウ ト カトリック シンコウ

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The Chamorro, the indigenous people in Guam, were the first group of people with whom European colonists and missionaries came in contact in the Pacific. The first missionaries systematically suppressed their culture to "control and civilize" them. Since then Catholicism has exercised strong influence on Chamorro culture.Today, though it seems that the Chamorro have completely become faithful Catholics, we can still find the remnants of their own traditional belief when they face such a crisis as an "incurable" disease. Inculturation between the indigenous culture and Christianity is the key term of this paper. When the world is characterized by a diversity of distinct values and cultures, the importance of examining the relationships between different cultures cannot be overemphasized.

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  • 基督教研究

    基督教研究 66 (1), 10-32, 2004-09-24

    基督教研究会

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