Found insideThis collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World’s ... Found inside – Page 125A body of oral traditions formed the basis of Samoan indigenous religion, culture, and identity before the arrival of the Europeans and Christianity. Found inside – Page 95Before the arrival of Christianity, Samoan religious beliefs and cosmology included worship of multiple gods arranged in a social hierarchy that reflected ... "John Williams was not the first London Missionary Society missionary to Polynesia, but his passion to conquer the whole Pacific region, and resolute belief that he knew better than the Directors in London how this vision might be achieved ... Found inside – Page 69The prediction by Nāfanua to Malietoa of the arrival of Christianity and ... Similarly in Samoa, nearly everyone belongs to a religious denomination. In this pathbreaking book, Matt Tomlinson engages in an anthropological conversation with the work of “contextual theologians,” exploring how the combination of Pacific Islands culture and Christianity shapes theological dialogues. Found inside – Page 77Missionaries did , however , challenge those Samoan religious beliefs that connected families ' fates with the activities of a ... did not see the Samoans ' religion to represent as serious a challenge to Christianity as had the religions of eastern Polynesia ( Gilson 1970 : 73 - 74 ) . ... chiefly families and continued until the late nineteenth century ( Gilson 1970 ; Meleisea and Schoeffel - Meleisea 1987 ) . Found inside – Page 138Instead of accepting Christianity and allowing it to remould their lives to its form , the Samoans have taken the religious practices taught them and fitted them inside Samoan custom , making them a part of the native culture . Christianity has ... Found insideIn this pathbreaking book, Matt Tomlinson engages in an anthropological conversation with the work of “contextual theologians,” exploring how the combination of Pacific Islands culture and Christianity shapes theological dialogues. Found insideIf there was on Samoa no strong pre-existing religion, the ground had been prepared for Williams and Christianity in unexpected ways. Some idea of Christian ... Found inside – Page 298In doing so , he recognizes with horror the loss Christianity has brought to Samoa ; it is a personal and religious revelation : Before I came here I ... Found inside – Page 43From the beginning, Christianity blended with elements of pre-Christian religions. In Samoa, the Siovili cult combined Christian imagery and theology with ... Found inside – Page 40From the beginning, Christianity blended with elements of pre-Christian religions. In Samoa, the Siovili cult combined Christian imagery and theology with ... Found inside – Page 1969Belief in these deities was abandoned with the arrival of the Christian Gospel in Samoa , brought to Samoa by missionaries in the middle of the 19th century . Early missionaries came from the London Missionary Society ( later renamed as the ... Even fewer novels, Western or Third World, can reach the strength and artistic power of Pouliuli." --World Literature Today Faith and the Pursuit of Health explores how Pentecostal Christians manage chronic illness in ways that sheds light on health disparities and social suffering in Samoa, a place where rates of obesity and related cardiometabolic disorders ... "Presented in narrative form and moving across the Pacific from east to west, the history follows the chronological movement of Christianity across Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia". Samoa is a role model in the Pacific region for its economic and social achievements. Found inside – Page 97Matters requiring decision are debated until unanimity is reached and all signify their agreement . ... When Christianity arrived , the Samoans readily accepted this new lotu ( religion ) as a confirmation and reinforcement of their own spiritual ... This book documents Samoa's progress as it celebrates its first 50 years of independence.--From back cover. Found inside – Page 38There is no restriction on the expression of public opinion at either Samoan or European political meetings. ... All Samoans profess Christianity, and religious observances are prominent in Samoan life. ... Persons so arrested must forth with be brought before the Court, and if the officer hearing the charges refuses leave to ... Found inside – Page 3Language and religion The main language is Samoan although English is widely spoken and is the medium for communication within government and the private ... Conversion to Christianity was rapid . From the 1840s until the turn of the century , Germany , the United States and Great Britain extended their influence on ... Found insideIt wasn't until 1831 , however , that European influence had any real impact . In that year , John Williams of the ... Samoans took to Christianity with enthusiasm and remain deeply religious to this day . By the 1900 both Germany and the United ... Found inside – Page 20Dannevig's question ( " ) regarding wage - rates is as follows : Prior to the introduction of the 4s . per day rate public - works casual labourers ... All Samoans profess Christianity . ... each mission , and also articles aimed at broadening the religious perception and assisting the spiritual enlightenment of the Samoan people . Found inside – Page 25Has Christianity become a truly indigenous religion in Samoa or is it still an imported faith - indeed, one in which the imported elements have diminished the role of women in religion? We have seen that all culture is transitional. Many Samoan ... Found inside... religious beliefs and practices, Mead completely misrepresented Samoan sexual attitudes and practices both before and after the arrival of Christianity. Publisher Description At times incisive and descriptive, and at others deeply moging, this book is a collection of poems which is both retrospective perceptive"--Back cover. Found inside – Page 105... for them, was the overriding imperative of a universal Christian message. ... Samoans, who had little publicly organized religion before Christianity, ... Found inside – Page 130Macpherson , Cluny , and La / avasa Macpherson 1985 Suicide in Western Samoa : A Sociological Perspective . In Culture , Youth ... Western Samoa : Young Mens Christian Association of Western Samoa . ... London : Religious Tract Society . Albert Wendt recalls his boyhood in the Vaipe, a suburb of Apia in Samoa, just metres from the local cinema, and his life-changing schooling as a scholarship student at an initially foreign New Plymouth Boys' High School. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. Found inside – Page iThis is visible in the continuity of a variety of traditional practices subsumed under the umbrella term ‘kastom’ through to the present alongside Christianity. Melanesians didn’t become Christian, Christianity became Melanesian. If religion exists at the heart of every human culture, then this is especially the case in the Pacifi c Islands. This book explores the first encounters between Samoans and Europeans up to the arrival of the missionaries, using all available sources for the years 1722 to the 1830s, paying special attention to the first encounter on land with the ... 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