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William Cross and the origins of Christianity in Fiji

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This book traces the life of Methodist Missionary William Cross. Born in England in 1797, Cross was converted to Methodism as a young man and applied for missionary work. He served in Tonga for eight years.Losing his wife in a tragic drowning, Cross remarried in Sydney and then volunteered to lead the first Wesleyan mission to Fiji in 1835 along with David Cargill. In the next seven years until his death in 1842, Cross established Christian congregations in some of the most important Fijian chiefdoms. A particular focus of this book is the religious interaction between Fijian traditional beliefs and new Christian ideas. The book includes complete Fijian translation by Tauga Vulaono.

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Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific
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474

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Suva, Fiji

First Sentence

"The three hundred islands of Fiji lie in the South Pacific Ocean, spead out like speckles of paint randomly splashed across a huge canvas of blue water...."

Table of Contents

1. Disciple in the Islands: 1797-1831 Page 17-91
2. The Wilderness years: 1832-1835 Page 92-145
3. The Meeting of Religions: Lakeba: 1835-1837 Page 146-229
4. In the Eyes of Powerful Chiefs: 1838-1839 Page 230-330
5. Genesis: Christian Beginnings at Viwa and Bau,1839-1842 Page 331-429
6. "The Captain is Waiting and the Anchor Up": From Viwa to Somosomo, August-October 1842 Page 430-451

Edition Notes

"Completes Thornley's and Vulaono's bi-lingual trilogy on the first forty years of Fiji Methodism. The other books ... are The Inheritance of Hope (2000) and Exodus of the I Tankei (2002)"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-467) and index.

Parallel chapters in English and Fijian.

Genre
Biography.
Other Titles
Na yavalati ni vanua, Wiliame Korosi kei na i Tekitekivu ni Lotu Vakaristo e Viti

Classifications

Library of Congress
BV3680.F6 C7613 2005

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Pagination
474 p. :
Number of pages
474

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16288304M
ISBN 10
9820203747, 9820203740
ISBN 13
9789820203747
LCCN
2007367794
OCLC/WorldCat
70123315

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