Weaving the unfinished mats : Wesley's legacy : conflict, confusion and challenge in the South Pacific /
edited by Peter Lineham.
- 160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Proceedings (Wesley Historical Society of New Zealand) no. 83 & 84 0110-8522 ; .
- Proceedings (Wesley Historical Society of New Zealand) no. 83/84 .
"Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society (NZ) conference held at Crossroads Methodist Church, Papakura, Manukau City, 27 January to 31 January 2005. Published as Proceeding No. 83 & 84 July 2007."--title page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Pacific cultures and mission / Peter Lineham -- Methodists, missions and Pacific Christianity : a new chapter in Christian history / Andrew F. Walls -- Telling the Methodist story in the south Pacific : history and identity / Allan K. Davidson -- John Wesley's legacy : weaving a theology of mission into the unfinished mats / John Roberts -- Changing designs in the weave : developments in Wesleyan mission policy in the pacific / Margaret Reeson -- What was stowed in the cabin trunk? : motives and assumptions of Wesleyan missionaries 1825-1835 / Donald Phillipps -- William Cross : a reflection on mission theory and practice related to Cross's years as a missionary in Tonga and Fiji, 1827-1842 / Andrew Thornley -- The coming of the Methodist Church to Samoa / Vaiao Alailima-Eteuati -- Samoan mat / Asofiafia Tauamiti Samoa Saleupolu -- Methodism and me / Alisa Lasi -- Religious practice : the Tongan mat / Maika Kinahoi Veikune and Setaita Tokilupe (Taumoepaeau) Kinahoi Veikune -- Weaving together in Tonga : a story of co-operation / Elizabeth Wood-Ellem -- Tongan Methodists in Aotearoa New Zealand / Sylvia 'Akau'ola Tongotongo -- Weaving the unfinished mat : Wesley's legacy : conflict, confusion and challenge in the South Pacific / Tevita Baleiwaqa -- Methodist missionaries and development in Papua New Guinea / Robinson Moses -- The canging patterns on the woven mats : some aspects of Methodism (United Church) in the Solomon Islands / Gina Tekulu -- Te Taha Maori sets out bicultural mat -- Weaving the cloak : the Pakeha contribution to Methodism in Aotearoa New Zealand / W. Jim Stuart -- Education in the south Pacific / Ian Faulkner -- Missions and theological education : the Grafton Institution / Susan Thompson.