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The book is clearly written, reads easily and would be accessible to both students and scholars of the Pacific. It adds to a growing literature on contemporary Christianities (a significant part of this focused on the Pacific), and older anthropological concerns with social movements everywhere. Lamont Lindstrom, University of Tulsa This story is one of the few modern anthropological accounts which has an example of what I would call witchcraft accusation (in this case, sorcery accusation) with a terrible outcome in which the anthropologist has been intimately involved. It is an amazing story. Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University

Students and scholars of the Pacific will appreciate this clearly written monograph. It adds to a growing literature on contemporary Christianities, social movements, personhood, and sorcery in postcolonial communities. Bratrud frames the story as one of an anxious balance between people's hopes and fears. What drives people to desire and animate change in their lives? * Lamont Lindstrom, University of Tulsa This story is one of the few modern anthropological accounts which has an example of what I would call witchcraft accusation (in this case, sorcery accusation) with a terrible outcome in which the anthropologist has been intimately involved. It is an amazing story. It is a remarkable book. There is nothing like it out there. * Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University

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Tom Bratrud is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. He has conducted research in Vanuatu for over ten years and published articles on religion, politics and social life in various journals, including Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Ethnos.

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