ANTH 1002 : reading response

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1002
• Professor: Blair Rutherford

Document Summary

From the article, we understand that the urapmin are looking for approval of white people , considered superior, in terms of christianity. They used to have a traditional religion, but the desire to be a part of the white world made them convert to christianity. In that transition, there were many changes in the urapmin. Nowadays, the urapmin want to be the equal to white men, and do so by trying to be as knowledgeable as white religious figures. Their constant preparation for the return of jesus is also something new in the urapmin"s lives, that was not present in their traditional beliefs. Robbins is a white person, seen a religiously knowledgeable figure for the urapmin, they trusted him with information about the return of jesus, because to them, he was a a representent of the white culture.