True Believers: Higaunon and Manobo Evangelical Protestant Conversion in Historical and Anthropological Perspective

Abstract

This article discusses conversion to Evangelical Protestantism among the Higaunon and related Lumad groups, particularly the cultural and social reasons behind the surprising success of foreign Evangelical missionaries among the Higaunon, and its observable impacts. Special attention is given to the dominant themes of revitalization movements and the Ulaging epic that are shared by Lumad belonging to the Manobo language family. These dominant themes are strongly linked to those emphasized in Evangelicalism.