Significance of the Bible?

Richardson believes the doctrines of the Bible will bring peace to the Sawi headhunters. He finds allusions to themes from the bible in the Sawi tradition of peace child and remon, which is the Sawi word for redemption. After Richardson gains a basic understanding of the language, he begins translating the Bible into the Sawi language. After several Sawi convert, Richardson and his wife begin to teach the Sawi to read in their own language.