Conflict & connection : Baptist identity in New Zealand / Martin Sutherland.
Series: Archer studies in Pacific ChristianityPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Archer Press, 2011.Description: xxiv, 260 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780473192174
- 0473192179
- 9780473192167
- 0473192160
- Conflict and connection
- Baptist identity in New Zealand
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Main Collection | Bishopdale Theological College | BX6326.2 SUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A42275994 | ||
Main Collection | John Kinder Theological Library | BX6326.2 SUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | J01008204 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Peter Lineham -- One: Points of conflict (1. Canterbury vs. the rest ; 2. Conflict and connection at Cambridge ; 3. The problem of problem pastors ; 4. 'Downgrade" down under ; 5. Marking out a space ; 6. J.K. [John Kendrick] Archer and political activism) -- Two: Ways of connection (7. Men's ways, women's ways ; 8. The N.Z. Baptist as an agent of identity ; 9. From training schene to college) -- Three: Harmony and its challengers (10. Forging unity ; 11. [Oswald G.] McHattie and the Baptist Union ; 12. The roaring 40s) -- Four: Shifting sands (13. Hesitating too long -- the [Baptist Theological] College, 1952-1974 ; 14. From confidence to confusion) -- Concluding unhistorical postscript.
"Baptist identity is constantly reconstructing. In New Zealand this has been a difficult, contested proces. This book examines both cases of conflict and the strategies for connection which New Zealand Baptists have employed in their short history. Baptists wrestled with each other, wriggled to find space among the denominations and regarded wider colonial society with suspicion. Conflict was endemic in colonial Baptist life and would not be far from the surface for much of the twentieth century. Gradually, the more profound impulse for connection prevailed but the integrity of the emerging Baptist edifice faced severe tests. Mid-century conflicts were survived and a remarkably confident denomination emerged. However, the relative peace and success of the 'fifties meant Baptists were poorly equipped for the upheavals to come. As churches took up the emphases of the renewal movement and other global trends, KOLOM A the sense of being Baptist diminished. Institutions which had been a focus of unity declined or were devolved. By century's end conflict over the Baptist way was muted but so was a sense of shared identity. A picture emeges of a dynamic Christian community which finds creative development out of tensions but which begins to drift when potentially divisive issues are ignored or unaddressed."--Jacket.