Prophetic Histories
Time, Theology, and Theocracy in the Solomon Islands

By (author) Jaap Timmer

ISBN13: 9781836952770

Imprint: Berghahn Books

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Format: Hardback

Published: 01/12/2025

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Description
On Malaita in Solomon Islands, an evangelical Israelite-inspired movement centers on a distinctive time-consciousness that reads the historical past and present as prophetic signs of an imminent future. This book examines how these ‘prophetic histories’ interweave biblical narrative, theological reflection, local accounts, kastom practice, spiritual journeys and Old-Testament political theory. Michael Maeliau, the movement’s foremost leader, casts the resulting stories as divine messages. His theological reasoning transcends time, space, hierarchy and surface identity, to uncover the true essence of Malaita and establish a theocracy on the island. At the movement’s core lies a prophetic order that integrates events, scripture and kastom while foregrounding the agency of God and divine revelations.
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: The Temporal Order of Malaita’s Divine Covenant Chapter 1. Pioneers of Prophecy Chapter 2. Entering Malaita in the Time That Remains Chapter 3. Kinshipping for Malaita’s Deep History and Kingdom Chapter 4. The Temporalization of Prophetic Histories Chapter 5. Political Consequences Conclusion: Movement, Past and Mystery References Index
  • Religious groups: social & cultural aspects
  • Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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