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This pioneering study of Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific
Christianity opens up new perspectives on Christianization and
modernization in this richly complex region. The reception of
Christianity into Pacific cultures has produced strongly Christian
societies. Based on research in widely scattered archives, this
book not only deals with regional interactions but pays careful
attention to developments in microstates, and to the variety of
indigenous religious movements, which were earlier regarded as
deviations from Christian orthodoxy but are now seen as significant
adaptations of Christian teaching. In Australia and New Zealand
too, European Christian beginnings have been given local emphases,
producing Churches with distinctive identities. Lay leadership is
emphasized - not only in the Churches but as part of the Christian
presence in the realms of politics, business, and culture. The
broad liturgical, theological, constitutional, and pastoral
developments of the 19th and 20th centuries are mapped, as a
context for the striking changes which have taken place since the
1960s. The dynamics of religious change and conflict, the
ambiguities of religious authority, and the destructive effects of
Christian colonialism on indigenous communities, especially
Australian aborigines, are all frankly dealt with. The decline of
the institutional impact of the Churches in Australia and New
Zealand is explored, as is the growth of partnership between
government and Churches in education, social welfare, and overseas
aid and development. Interchange in personnel and ideas is
strikingly illustrated in the missionary activities of the regional
Churches and their cultural impact. The author's involvement in
Church and community leadership, ecumenism, and theological
education makes this volume in the Oxford History of the Christian
Church a valuable addition to the series, describing both
continuities with world Christianity and little-known local
developments.
This is the first comprehensive history of the Christian Churches in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It illustrates the ways in which European forms of Christianity have been adapted to new contexts, and pays particular attention to the distinctive features of Melanesian and Polynesian Churches.
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