_ oe The Anthropology ) oo Christianity Edited by Fenella Cannell Duke University Press DURHAM @ LONDON 2006(© 2006 Duke University Press All ights reserved Prine in che United States of Ameria on aide paper = Designed by Jenifer il, Typeset in Fournier by Keystone Typesetting In Library of Congress Catalogiag-ie-Publiation Data ‘ppesr on the lst printed page ofthis book.Contents ‘Acknowledgments ix Introduction ‘The Anthropology of Christianity. « eal Canal One- ‘The Bternal Return of Conversion Christianity as Contested Domain in Highland Bolivia 52 va Haris Two Renewable Icons Concepts of Religions Power in a Fishing Village in South India 77 ceiia Buby Thiee Possession and Confession [Aiton and Sacred Power in Colonial and Contemporary Catholic South India 99 avid Mone Four Reading as Gift and Writing as Theft 134 Senta Cl Five Materializing the Self ‘Words and Gifs in the Construction af Charismatic Protestant [demity 163 Simen Cena