Vision and Reality in Pacific Religion

by Herda, Phyllis, Reilly, Michael and Hilliard, David (eds) (2005), 316pp., ISBN 1 74076 119 7.
AUD$31.78 (Including GST: AUD$34.96) (softcover)

Published in association with Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

Skilfully explores the religious history of the Pacific Islands, examining the indigenisation of Christianity and other faiths. Regionally diverse, this collection is premised upon the integration of the many gods or spiritual beings indigenous to the islands and the diverse understandings of foreign gods that have developed as a result of contact with missionary religions.

Phyllis Herda teaches history, women's studies and anthropology at the University of Auckland. Historian David Hilliard has published widely on the history of Christian missions in the South Pacific and on the religious and social history of Australia. Michael Reilly lectures in Maori Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin.