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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783685403321

Titolo

Vision and reality in Pacific religion [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honour of Niel Gunson / / edited by Phyllis Herda, Michael Reilly and David Hilliard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : Pandanus Books, c2005

ISBN

1-4237-1907-7

1-74076-197-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

Sullivan's Creek series Vision and reality in Pacific religion

Altri autori (Persone)

HerdaPhyllis

ReillyMichael (Michael Patrick Joseph)

HilliardDavid <1941->

Disciplina

200.995

Soggetti

Oceania Religion

Oceania Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Vision and Reality in Pacific Religion An Introduction; Narratives of Gender and Pre eminence; The Gift of the Gods The Sacred Chief Priest; Tupa ia The Trials and Tribulations of a Polynesian Priest; God in Samoa and The Introduction of Catholicism; Te  Orama a Numangatini  The Dream of Numangatini; Through a Glass Darkly Ownership of Fijian Methodism; A Church in Papua or a Papuan Church Conservatism and; Where Tides Meet The Missionary Career of; The God of the Melanesian Mission; The Anglicans in New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands

Unto the Islands of the Sea The Erratic BeginningsThe Bahá'í Faith in the Pacific; Doing Theology in the New Pacific; Contributors; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Vision and Reality explores the religious history of the Pacific Islands, examining the indigenisation of Christianity and other faiths.