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Company of heaven : early missionaries in the South Seas / Graeme Kent.

By: Publication details: Wellington [N.Z.] : A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1972.Description: 230 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0589006843
  • 9780589006846
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Contents:
New Zealand -- Hawaii -- French Polynesia -- Melanesia -- Micronesia.
Summary: "Christianity was brought to the islands of the South Seas by European explorers in the sixteenth century, and has remained through all manner of trials and tribulation. This book is about the missionaries, their achievements and adversities over four turbulent centuries. Graeme Kent describes their exploits agains such exotic backgrounds as Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, Pitcairn, New Caledonia, the Solomons, the Cooks, the New Hebrides and many other beautiful yet savage lands ..."--Inside front cover.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Stack Bishopdale Theological College BV3640 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42279584
Special Collection Bishopdale Theological College BV3640 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan A42278921
Main Collection Bishopdale Theological College BV3640 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A38556065
George Carter John Kinder Theological Library BV3640 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan J00337186
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BV3640 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J00259651
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BV3640 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J00259640

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index.

New Zealand -- Hawaii -- French Polynesia -- Melanesia -- Micronesia.

"Christianity was brought to the islands of the South Seas by European explorers in the sixteenth century, and has remained through all manner of trials and tribulation. This book is about the missionaries, their achievements and adversities over four turbulent centuries. Graeme Kent describes their exploits agains such exotic backgrounds as Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, Pitcairn, New Caledonia, the Solomons, the Cooks, the New Hebrides and many other beautiful yet savage lands ..."--Inside front cover.

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