A mission divided : colonialism, race and culture in Fiji's Methodist Mission / Kirstie Close-Barry.

A mission divided : colonialism, race and culture in Fiji's Methodist Mission /

This book provides insight into the long process of decolonisation within the Methodist Overseas Missions of Australasia, a colonial institution that operated in the British colony of Fiji. The mission was a site of work for Europeans, Fijians and Indo-Fijians, but each community operated separately...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Close-Barry, Kirstie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Methodist Church of Australasia. > Department of Overseas Missions.
Methodist Mission (Fiji) > History.
Methodist Church > Missions > Fiji.
Religion and politics > Fiji > History.
Christianity and culture > Fiji > History.
Missions > Political aspects > Fiji > History.
Fiji > Politics and government > 19th century.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Foundations for an Indo-Fijian Methodist Church in Fiji
  • A National Church Built in 'Primitive' Culture: Communalism, Chiefs and Coins
  • Theories of Culture: Responding to Emergent Nationalisms
  • Indigenous Agrarian Commerce: Yeoman Claims to Soil
  • Leadership with Limitations: Constrained Leadership for Indo-Fijian and Fijian Methodists in the 1930s
  • Colonialism and Culture Throughout the Pacific War
  • Defining the Path to Independence
  • Devolution in a Divided Mission
  • Disunity: Failed Efforts at Integration.

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