Mennonite Disaster Relief and the Interfaith Encounter in Aceh, Indonesia

IF 0.6 3区社会学 Q1 Arts and Humanities

Asian Ethnology Pub Date : 2016-06-30 DOI:10.18874/AE.75.1.07

Philip M. Fountain

引用次数: 3

Abstract

This ethnography examines the disaster relief work of the Mennonite Cen tral Committee (MCC) in Aceh, Indonesia, following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. MCC’s work is informed by the theologies and historical experiences of the North American Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. An intentional focus of mcc’s work was a substantive interfaith encounter between MCC workers, all of whom identified as Christian, and Acehnese Muslims. Through an examination of interpersonal relationships, organizational partnerships, and materiality, I trace the ambiguities and transformative potential within these interactions. Encounters are not simply the unfurling of predetermined scripts, but rather dynamic spaces of negotiation. Focusing on encounters counteracts tendencies to reify and essentialize religious disaster relief.

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门诺派赈灾和印尼亚齐的跨宗教聚会

这本民族志考察了2004年印度洋海啸后，门诺派中心委员会(MCC)在印度尼西亚亚齐的救灾工作。世纪挑战集团的工作受到北美再洗礼派-门诺派传统的神学和历史经验的影响。世纪挑战集团的工作重点之一是在所有被认定为基督徒的世纪挑战集团员工与亚齐穆斯林之间进行实质性的跨宗教接触。通过对人际关系、组织伙伴关系和物质性的考察，我追踪了这些互动中的模糊性和变革潜力。遭遇战不是简单地展开预定的剧本，而是动态的谈判空间。对遭遇战的关注抵消了宗教救灾的物化、本质化倾向。

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Asian Ethnology Multiple-

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1.10

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30 weeks

期刊介绍： Asian Ethnology (ISSN 1882–6865) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal registered as an Open Access Journal with all the contents freely downloadable. Please read the information on our open access and copyright policies. A list of monographs that were published under the journal''s former names, Folklore Studies and Asian Folklore Studies, appear here. Asian Ethnology is dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia. It began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and later moved to Japan where its name was changed to Asian Folklore Studies. It is edited and published at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, with the cooperation of Boston University. Asian Ethnology seeks to deepen understanding and further the pursuit of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of Asia. We wish to facilitate intellectual exchange between Asia and the rest of the world, and particularly welcome submissions from scholars based in Asia. The journal presents formal essays and analyses, research reports, and critical book reviews relating to a wide range of topical categories, including: -narratives, performances, and other forms of cultural representation -popular religious concepts -vernacular approaches to health and healing -local ecological/environmental knowledge -collective memory and uses of the past -cultural transformations in diaspora -transnational flows -material culture -museology -visual culture