01812nam 22004333 450 991079001350332120230405205041.01-921902-02-7(CKB)2670000000155590(EBL)867004(OCoLC)779828542(MiAaPQ)EBC867004(EXLCZ)99267000000015559020130418d1978|||| uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGod's gentlemen a history of the Melanesian Mission, 1849-1942 /David HilliardSecond edition.Brisbane University of Queensland Press19781 online resource (438 pages)Pacific StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-921902-00-0 David Hilliard's God's Gentlemen, originally published in 1978, remains the only detached and detailed historical analysis of the work of the Melanesian Mission. Starting with its New Zealand beginnings and its Norfolk Island years (1867-1920), the work follows the Mission's shift of headquarters to the Solomon Islands and on until the beginning of the Second World War. The Mission, which grew out of the personal vision of the first Church of England Bishop of New Zealand, George Selwyn, formally defined its field of work as 'the Islands of Melanesia' although its activities were confined almoPacific StudiesMissionsMelanesiaMissions266.2Hilliard David890102AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910790013503321God's gentlemen3839173UNINA