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Describes the exposure of island churches to brutal interlopers in World War II which foreshadowed the twilight of the missionary and colonial eras.
Publish Date
1997
Publisher
Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific,
in association with World Council of Churches,
Institute of Pacific Studies
Language
English
Pages
499
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Where nets were cast: Christianity in Oceania since World War II
1997, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, in association with World Council of Churches, Institute of Pacific Studies
in English
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Table of Contents
Part one: The churches in World War II: trauma and self discovery, 1941-1945 (1. New Guinea ; 2. Papua and New Britain ; 3. Wider Melanesia ; 4. Polynesia ; 5. Micronesia)
Part two: Missionaries and islanders: who leads? 1946-1961 (6. Papua New Guinea ; 7. Other Melanesian islands ; 8. Polynesia ; 9. Micronesia)
Part three: "The coconut curtain has lifted": Islander churches and church universal, 1961-1996 (10. Waves of change: Melanesia: Papua New Guinea ; 11. Other Melanesian islands ; 12. Polynesia ; 13. Micronesia)
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Edition Notes
"This concluding volume of a history of Christianity in Oceania, is a sequel to To live among the stars and Footsteps in the sea."--Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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