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A history of the churches in Australasia / Ian Breward.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford history of the Christian ChurchPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: p. cmISBN:
  • 0198263562 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 280/.099 21
LOC classification:
  • BR1480 .B743 2001
Contents:
1. From Missions to Churches -- 2. Organizing Christian Churches from the 1830s to the 1870s -- 3. The Making of Christian Societies -- 4. New Opportunities for Mission and Service -- 5. Wars and Depression -- 6. Creating New Societies -- 7. Searching for Credibility.
Review: "This 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 also 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Knox Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre England Collection BR1480 .B74 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 12-1412
Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre Main PQY Bre (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 02-106

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. From Missions to Churches -- 2. Organizing Christian Churches from the 1830s to the 1870s -- 3. The Making of Christian Societies -- 4. New Opportunities for Mission and Service -- 5. Wars and Depression -- 6. Creating New Societies -- 7. Searching for Credibility.

"This 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 also 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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