Destiny : the life and times of a self-made apostle / Peter Lineham.
Publication details: Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books, 2013.Description: 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780143568919
- 0143568914
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Main Collection | Bishopdale Theological College | BV3785.T15 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42353736 | ||
Main Collection | Diocese of Waiapu | 289.95 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A40603174 | ||
Main Collection | Diocese of Wellington | BV3785.T15 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A38896583 | ||
Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BV3785.T15 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | J00991020 | ||
Main Collection | Theology House | BV3785 TAM LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A00405876 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.
Enough is enough -- The life of Brian -- Beginnings in the Apostolic Church -- Creating a new movement -- Getting known : Destiny Television -- The Branches and the Denomination -- The Apostle and his teaching -- Moralising -- Destiny Party -- Pentecostal pressures -- Maori Church -- Playing politics again -- The followers -- Community -- The prosperity gospel -- Financing the movement -- The cult -- The City of God and the future of Destiny.
While Desnity Church began in 1998, it rose to notoriety in 2004 with it's 'Enough is enough' march against what it deemed society's declining moral standards. Destiny and its leader Brian Tamaki have since become a significant ot controversial presence in New Zealand's religious, political and Maori worlds.