First advanced in a major essay published in 2010, Mark Mosko's ‘partible penitent’ thesis asserts that Melanesian and Christian cultures are based upon analogous conceptions of dividual personhood. Consequently, conversion in the region has been characterised by continuity rather than rupture, as argued most prominently by Joel Robbins. This essay offers an assessment of Mosko's thesis in terms of his critique of the theoretical and ethnographic literature and his recent application of the model to religious change in the Trobriand Islands. Robbins’ work proves more convincing and provocative on both theoretical and methodological grounds. Yet both approaches, which frame their analysis of Christianity in terms of conversion, appear increasingly out of sync with the experience of the vast majority of Melanesians who are more accurately considered active participants in a diverse global religious tradition rather than recipients of it.

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s依者，基督徒和人类学家：对马克·莫斯科的可Mark悔的论点的批评

马克·莫斯科（Mark Mosko）的“部分悔罪”论文于2010年发表的一篇主要论文中首次提出，认为美拉尼西亚和基督教文化基于对个人人格的类似概念。因此，正如乔尔·罗宾斯（Joel Robbins）最突出地指出的那样，该地区的转变以连续而不是破裂为特征。本文从对理论和人种学文献的批判以及最近将该模型应用于特罗布里安群岛的宗教变革的角度，对莫斯科的论文进行了评估。从理论和方法论的角度来看，罗宾斯的作品都更具说服力和挑衅性。然而，这两种方法都是根据conversion依来分析基督教的，