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A history of the churches in Australasia
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A history of the churches in Australasia

Author: Ian Breward
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series: Oxford history of the Christian Church.
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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  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ian Breward
ISBN: 0198263562 9780198263562 0199275920 9780199275922
OCLC Number: 48055952
Description: xxi, 474 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: From missions to churches --
Organizing Christian churches from the 1830s to the 1870s --
The making of Christian societies --
New opportunities for mission and service --
Wars and depression --
Creating new societies --
Searching for credibility.
Series Title: Oxford history of the Christian Church.
Responsibility: Ian Breward.
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This comprehensive history of the Christian Churches in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands illustrates the ways in which European forms of Christianity have been adapted to new contexts,  Read more...

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