Spirit, Language, and the Fashioning of a Modern Identity in the Solomon Islands

Record summary

Allen Abramson’s work on Solomon Islands religious and political life examines how language, ancestral presence, Christianity, and modern identity interact. It is a useful lead for comparing mediumistic communication and visionary authority because claims about spirits are embedded in social relationships, land, history, and changing institutions. The exact title and edition should be checked bibliographically, as Abramson’s publications on Malaita appear in several scholarly contexts. This is an ethnographic interpretation of reported beliefs and practices, not documentation that spirits objectively communicated.