Includes bibliographical references and index.

Market, government, mosque, and church: the social contexts of change -- The five social "ways of life" -- Understanding social environment -- Property interests and cultural bias -- Labor interests and cultural bias -- Exchange interests and cultural bias -- Family authority and cultural bias -- Community authority and cultural bias -- Conflict, political interests, and cultural bias -- Ritual, social interest, and cultural bias -- Cosmology and cultural bias -- Cultural bias in a mission organization -- Ideas and interests: the dynamics of culture -- A pilgrim lifestyle in economic relations -- A pilgrim lifestyle in family and community -- Agents of transformation --