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

Title
Vision and reality in Pacific religion : essays in honour of Niel Gunson / edited by Phyllis Herda, Michael Reilly and David Hilliard.
Publication
Christchurch : Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury New Zealand ; Canberra, A.C.T. : Pandanus, c2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Gunson, Niel.
  • Herda, Phyllis
  • Reilly, Michael (Michael Patrick Joseph)
  • Hilliard, David, 1941-
  • Gunson, Niel, 1930-
  • Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
Description
343 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Gunson, Niel
  • Pacific Area > Religion
  • Oceania > Religion
  • Oceania > Civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Vision and reality in Pacific religion : an introduction / Michael Reilly and Phyllis Herda -- Narratives of gender and pre-eminence : the Hikule'o myths of Tonga / Phyllis Herda -- The gift of the gods : the sacred chief, priest and supernatural symbols in traditional Samoa / Kieran Schmidt -- Tupa'ia : the trials and tribulations of a Polynesian priest / Hank Driessen -- God in Samoa and the introduction of Catholicism / Andrew Hamilton -- 'Te 'orama a Numangatini' ('The dream of Numangatini') and the reception of Christianity on Mangaia / Michael Reilly -- 'Through a glass darkly' : ownership of Fijian methodism, 1850-80 / Andrew Thornley -- A church in Papua or a Papuan church? : conservatism and resistance to indigenous leadership in a Melanesian mission / Ross Mackay -- 'Where tides meet" : the missionary career of Constance (Paul) Fairhall in Papua / Diane Langmore -- The god of the Melanesian mission / David Hilliard -- 'Unto the islands of the sea' : the erratic beginnings of Mormon missions in Polynesia, 1844-1900 / Norman Douglas -- The Bahá'í faith in the Pacific / Graham Hassall -- Doing theology in the New Pacific / Kambati Uriam.
ISBN
1740761197 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 61302620
  • SCSB-12706042
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library