01838nam 2200445 a 450 991081929950332120200520144314.01-921902-02-7(CKB)2670000000155590(EBL)867004(OCoLC)779828542(MiAaPQ)EBC867004(EXLCZ)99267000000015559020130612d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGod's gentlemen a history of the Melanesian mission, 1849-1942 /David HilliardSecond edition.St Lucia, Qld. UQ ePress20111 online resource (438 pages)Pacific studies seriesFirst published 1978.1-921902-00-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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/.3/93Hilliard David890102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819299503321God's gentlemen3979496UNINA