God's Gentlemen : A History of the Melanesian Mission, 1849–1942

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilliard, David.

Series:

Pacific Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England--Missions.

Church of the Province of New Zealand. -- Missionary dioceses. -- Melanesia.

Missions--Melanesia.

Local Subjects:

Church of England--Missions.

Church of the Province of New Zealand. -- Missionary dioceses. -- Melanesia.

Missions--Melanesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

God''s Gentlemen

Pacific Studies series

God's Gentlemen

Place of Publication:

: University of Queensland Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Originally published in 1978, <I>God's Gentlemen </I>remains the only detached and detailed historical analysis of the work of the Melanesian Mission, which grew out of the personal vision of George Selwyn, the first bishop of the Church of England in New Zealand. Starting with its New Zealand beginnings and its Norfolk Island years from 1867 to 1920, the book follows the Mission's shift of headquarters to the Solomon Islands and beyond through the beginning of World War II. Based on a wide range of sources, <I>God's Gentlemen</I> is the inner h

Contents:

Cover; Title ; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; George Augustus Selwyn; J .C. Patteson, as captain of the Eton First XI; New Zealand General Synod of 1865; St Andrew's College, Kohimarama, Auckland; Joseph Atkin; Charles Bice with a group of New Hebridean mission scholars, St. Bamabas' College, Norfolk Island; Dining-hall, St. Barnabas' College; Morning drill, St Barnaba's College; John Coleridge Patteson; Patteson memorial cross, Nukapu; Interior of St. Barnabas' Chapel, Norfolk Island; John Richardson Selwyn; Taki, chief of Wango, San Cristobal; Alfred Lombu

Waiter Woser, with his wife and childrenJohn Palmer; Cecil Wilson; Mission-house at Loh, Torres Islands; On Board Southern Cross V; Girls' sewing-room, St Bamabas' College; Women's mission-station at Honggo, Nggela; Christian ""school people"" and village church at Fagani, San Cristobal; Clement Marau; Dr Henry Welchman; Bishop Wilson dedicating a church at Pirihandi Santa Isabel; Interior of St Paul's Church at Heuru, San Cristobal; Robert Pantutun; Melanesian schoolgirls, St. Barnabas' College; Cecil John Wood; John Manwaring Steward; Hugo Hembala; Ini Kopuria

Bishop Steward with the original seven members of the Melanesian BrotherhoodFrederick Merivale Molyneux; Walter Hubert Baddeley; Melanesian Mission headquarters station at Siota, Nggela; Charles Elliot Fox; Richard Prince Fallowes; Maps; Solomon Islands; New Hebrides; South-west Pacific; Abbreviations; Preface; 1: ''Visionary and Impracticable Principles""; 2: Foundations; 3: The Martyr; 4: ''God is Never in a Hurry""; 5: Old Methods, Slightly Adapted; 6: The Tide Turns; 7: Towards a Melanesian Christianity; 8: Dreams and Disenchantment; 9: ''The Redemption of the Whole Man""; Epilogue

Biographical NotesBibliography; Index; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-921902-01-9

OCLC:

845257009