Overseas Missions of the Australian Methodist Church: Fiji
Author : Alfred Harold Wood
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Page : 146 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Methodist Church
ISBN : 9780855710637
Author : Alfred Harold Wood
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Methodist Church
ISBN : 9780855710637
Author : Alfred Harold Wood
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Page : pages
File Size : 16,41 MB
Release : 1978
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Page : 410 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : Dr Kirstie Close-Barry
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1925022862
This book provides insight into the long process of decolonisation within the Methodist Overseas Missions of Australasia, a colonial institution that operated in the British colony of Fiji. The mission was a site of work for Europeans, Fijians and Indo-Fijians, but each community operated separately, as the mission was divided along ethnic lines in 1901. This book outlines the colonial concepts of race and culture, as well as antagonism over land and labour, that were used to justify this separation. Recounting the stories told by the mission’s leadership, including missionaries and ministers, to its grassroots membership, this book draws on archival and ethnographic research to reveal the emergence of ethno-nationalisms in Fiji, the legacies of which are still being managed in the post-colonial state today. ‘Analysing in part the story of her own ancestors, Kirstie Barry develops a fascinating account of the relationship between Christian proselytization and Pacific nationalism, showing how missionaries reinforced racial divisions between Fijian and Indo-Fijian even as they deplored them. Negotiating the intersections between evangelisation, anthropology and colonial governance, this is a book with resonance well beyond its Fijian setting.’ – Professor Alan Lester, University of Sussex ‘This thoroughly researched and finely crafted book unwraps and finely illustrates the interwoven layers of evolving complexity in different interpretations of ideals and debates on race, culture, colonialism and independence that informed the way the Methodist Mission was run in Fiji. It describes the human personalities and practicalities, interconnected at local, regional and global levels, which influenced the shaping of the Mission and the independent Methodist Church in Fiji. It documents the influence of evolving anthropological theories and ecumenical theological understandings of culture on mission practice. The book’s rich sources enhance our understanding of the complex history of ethnic relations in Fiji, helping to explain why ethnic divisive thinking remains a challenge.’– Jacqueline Ryle, University of the South Pacific ‘A beautifully researched study of the transnational impact of South Asian bodies on nationalisms and church devolution in Fiji, and an important resource for empire studies as a whole.’ – Professor Jane Samson, University of Alberta, Canada
Author : Alfred Harold Wood
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Page : 410 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : Alfred Harold Wood
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 25,10 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Methodist Church
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Author : Alfred Harold Wood
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Page : 337 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 1975
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ISBN : 9780855710552
Author : John Wear Burton
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Islands of the Pacific
ISBN :
Short history of the Australian Methodist missions in the Pacific and Northern Territory.
Author : Alfred Harold Wood
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Methodist Church
ISBN :
Author : Semisi Nau
Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Methodist Church
ISBN : 9789820201149