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

• Pubblicazione: Canberra, : Pandanus Books, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.995
• Soggetto geografico: Oceania Religion; Oceania Civilization
• Altri autori: HerdaPhyllis ReillyMichael (Michael Patrick Joseph) HilliardDavid <1941->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vision and reality in Pacific religion
• ISBN: 1-4237-1907-7; 1-74076-197-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823465403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II