God's gentlemen : a history of the Melanesian mission, 1849-1942 / David Hilliard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilliard, David.

Series:

Pacific Studies

Pacific studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--Melanesia.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Qld. : UQ ePress, 2011.

Summary:

David Hilliard's God's Gentlemen, originally published in 1978, remains the only detached and detailed historical analysis of the work of the Melanesian Mission. Starting with its New Zealand beginnings and its Norfolk Island years (1867-1920), the work follows the Mission's shift of headquarters to the Solomon Islands and on until the beginning of the Second World War. The Mission, which grew out of the personal vision of the first Church of England Bishop of New Zealand, George Selwyn, formally defined its field of work as 'the Islands of Melanesia' although its activities were confined almo

Notes:

First published 1978.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-921902-02-7

OCLC:

779828542