Bible & Treaty - Missionaries Among the Maori

Bible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori - A new perspective
by Keith Newman (Penguin). Release July 2010 (264 pages, illustrated.)
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries among the Māori is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand.
It brings a fresh perspective to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival and understanding, to the dramatic events that unfolded around the Treaty of Waitangi and the disillusionment that led to the Land Wars in the 1860s.
While some missionaries clearly failed to live up to their high calling, the majority committed their lives to Māori and were instrumental in spreading Christianity, brokering peace between warring tribes, and promoting literacy through translating and printing their own indigenous-language Bible books.
Copies available from most bookstores or signed copies direct from the author $45 plus $6.50 postage within New Zealand.
Now on third print run 2015. A must for any church group, classroom or individual wanting to understand the rich stories of Maori and missionary heroers of the faith leading up to and including the Treaty of Waitangi.
Orders...Email: [email protected]
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by Keith Newman (Penguin). Release July 2010 (264 pages, illustrated.)
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries among the Māori is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand.
It brings a fresh perspective to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival and understanding, to the dramatic events that unfolded around the Treaty of Waitangi and the disillusionment that led to the Land Wars in the 1860s.
While some missionaries clearly failed to live up to their high calling, the majority committed their lives to Māori and were instrumental in spreading Christianity, brokering peace between warring tribes, and promoting literacy through translating and printing their own indigenous-language Bible books.
Copies available from most bookstores or signed copies direct from the author $45 plus $6.50 postage within New Zealand.
Now on third print run 2015. A must for any church group, classroom or individual wanting to understand the rich stories of Maori and missionary heroers of the faith leading up to and including the Treaty of Waitangi.
Orders...Email: [email protected]
Follow Bible & Treaty on Facebook