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Title

The coming of Pākehā religion : the spiritual significance for Māori : New Zealand's lost legacy : a revisionist analysis of Māori 'spirituality' and Pākehā 'religion' / Charles Ihaia Hita-Brown.

Author

Brown, Charles S., 1946-

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : Crystal Pub., 2008.

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Details

Description

xlvi, 645 p. : ill.; 30 cm.

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Māori (New Zealand people) > Social life and customs
• Māori (New Zealand people) > Religion
• Prophets > New Zealand > History > 19th century
• Spirituality > New Zealand > History
• Christianity > New Zealand > History
• Hāhi Karaitiana
• Ao wairu
• Tohunga matakite

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• Previous ed.: 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references(p. 637-639).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The ancient cultural ways: Who are you? -- Indigenous aspects: The development of indigenous peoples -- The beginnings of the journey -- General aspects of everyday life: Maori arrival -- Animistic/elemental forces of nature -- The forest of Tane -- hunting -- Conservation -- The sea of Tangaroa -- fishing -- Waka construction and lashings -- Lashing and plaiting -- Games and pastimes -- Motherhood and the place of women -- Garment making -- Diet, health and physique -- Environment -- Herbal lore and healing -- Carving and tattooing -- Pounamu -- the skill in the working -- Architecture -- Toa and defence -- The other practices: Cosmology and religion of the Maori -- The tohunga and tohungaism -- The institution of tapu -- Makutu -- Utu -- The war trail: The outcome of battle and treatment of the vanquished -- The native Americans (The "Plains Indians" -- A vast difference) -- Torture and slavery -- Cannibalism -- the how and the why -- Mana in cannibalism -- Human sacrifice --^
• Conclusion -- The necessary spiritual foundation: The spiritual laws and principles -- The nature of the spiritual principles -- The law of movement -- The law of reciprocal action -- Attitude to the suffering -- The law of attraction of homogeneous species -- Spiritual qualities as the frist consideration -- Families and children -- The law of spiritual gravity -- The law of balance -- To give, or to take? -- The law of rebirth -- The divine gift of grace -- Conclusion -- Whither cometh the Maori? -- The language of man -- The first death! -- Jesus -- "The calling of the dead to life" -- The nature of hell -- The journey of Maori souls -- The tangi (the spiritual ramifications) -- The death of a soldier -- The second death: One life -- or many lives? -- Elemental lore of nature: The circle of life -- The psychic world of the Maori -- Excerpts from Chief Seattle's address -- The elemental connection to the animal kingdom -- The coming of the Pakeha: Arrival --^
• The initial Pakeha influence -- The Missionaries -- Hongi Hika -- and Ruatara: Hongi the man-eater -- Ruatara -- Utu and the Maori soldier today -- The wairua (spirit) of the Maori Battalion -- The treaty of Waitangi -- Colonisation and "Tangata Whenua": Colonisation -- Tangata Whenua -- From the prophets to the future! -- The decimation of the Maori race and the emergence of the Maori prophets: The Maori religious prophets -- Te Atua Wera -- Papahurihia -- Aperahama Taonui -- Hakopa Nikau -- Tamati Te Ito -- Te Ua Haumene (Pai Marire) -- Titokowaru (Hauhau) -- Te Maiharoa -- Te Kooti (Ringatu) -- Te Whiti -- Rua Kenana -- Ratana: Ratana's calling -- the spiritual significance -- Point 1 -- "Too high" -- Point 2 -- Elemental help -- Point 3 -- Healing power -- Point 4 -- Visitation -- Point 5 -- Repentance and spiritual cleansing -- Point 6 -- Momentous nature of spiritual mission -- Point 7 -- Conquered Maori fears -- Point 8 -- Cleanliness is next to Godliness -- Point 9 --^
• Spiritual power -- Point 10 -- "But first secure the kingdom of God -- Point 11 -- "You lock up the keys ..." -- Point 12 -- "Fear begets more fear" -- Point 13 -- Spiritual freedom -- Summary of points -- Tribalism -- The Ratana Temple -- Cultural renaissance and Maori radicalism: Renaissance -- Maori radicalism -- Maori today: Helath -- General health -- Emotional health -- Mental health -- Cultural safety -- The hongi -- The haka -- Education -- Maori language -- Crime, aroha and spiritual justice -- The youth problem and the gangs -- The solution -- Where to now?: The spiritual potential -- What should have been! -- Recognition or rejection? -- The rapidly fading "spiritual potential"!

ISBN

• 9780958281355 (pbk.)
• 0958281351 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 318654910
• SCSB-11515584

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library