‘Abandoned Christians’ no Longer: Gender, Cultural Localization and Politics in North Sulawesi between the 1680s and the 1860s

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Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

Linde, Sebastiaan (2019)

‘Abandoned Christians’ no Longer: Gender, Cultural Localization and Politics in North Sulawesi between the 1680s and the 1860s

Master thesis | Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

This thesis examined a largely unknown era (1680-1860) in the history of North Sulawesi. A revised model of the social history of the region has been proposed on the basis of the VOC 'visitatierapporten'. By focusing on how Christianity altered the social and political structures of the region (gender, social class, educational institutions, chiefly patronage networks), this thesis has demonstrated that it is possible to reconstruct the 'internal' history of North Sulawesi, in spite of a scarcity of local historical sources. Significant findings include 1) the social fluidity of 'class' in North Sulawesi societies, 2) the fact that Christianity was not limited to elite classes, as had hitherto been thought and 3) that (some) women transformed their former role as 'animist' religious specialists to roles of prominence within the Christian community.

North Sulawesi

Celebes Sea

Early modern Southeast Asian Christianity

18th century Southeast Asia

VOC

Social status

Christianity

Gender in Southeast Asia

North Sulawesi politics

Chiefly patronage

Localization of religion