NEW GUINEA RELIGIONS [FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS]. Since Peter Lawrence wrote on the indigenous religions of New Guinea—the area encompassing Papua New Guinea and Papua (formerly Irian Jaya)—for the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Religion (1987), further studies have been undertaken providing an even greater wealth of material concerning myth, ritual, knowledge, morality, and religious innovation in New Guinea. More attention has been given to personal experiences such as dreams, trance, and spirit possession. Moreover, the religious landscape has continued to change as a result of political and economic innovations and through interaction with Christianity. New religious movements, many emphasizing relationship to the Holy Spirit, have emerged. At the same time, changing approaches and emphases in anthropology and religious studies have influenced the ways that scholars understand religion. For instance, feminism has occasioned a new look at rituals for the...