Scripture, Piety and the Practice of Peace in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Missions
Nineteenth-century missionary activity is more commonly associated in historiography with the violence of colonisation and imperialism than with peace. Nevertheless, in some places, rhetoric proclaiming Christianity as a peace-bringer became tied more decisively with the preaching of peace as an eth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh Univ. Press
[2019]
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Studies in world christianity
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 128-144 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBS Australia; Oceania KDD Protestant Church NCD Political ethics RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
New Zealand
B Māori B Church Missionary Society B Bible B Peace B Peacemaking B Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society |
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| Summary: | Nineteenth-century missionary activity is more commonly associated in historiography with the violence of colonisation and imperialism than with peace. Nevertheless, in some places, rhetoric proclaiming Christianity as a peace-bringer became tied more decisively with the preaching of peace as an ethical imperative. This article explores the emergence and cultivation of a peace gospel in the mission to Māori in nineteenth-century New Zealand. It argues that formations of piety, especially bible reading, were central to the inculcation of an influential peace ethic. |
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| ISSN: | 1750-0230 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in world christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/swc.2019.0253 |