Where nets were cast
Subtitle: Christianity in Oceania since World War II
By: John Garrett
Contributors: World Council of Churches; University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies
Series: History of Christianity in Oceania
Publisher: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific; in association with World Council of Churches; Institute of Pacific Studies
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Suva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9789820201217
Subjects: Church history; Christentum; Mission; Missions; History
Description: Describes the exposure of island churches to brutal interlopers in World War II which foreshadowed the twilight of the missionary and colonial eras.
Notes: "This concluding volume of a history of Christianity in Oceania, is a sequel to To live among the stars and Footsteps in the sea."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: The churches in World War II: trauma and self discovery, 1941-1945 (1. New Guinea ; 2. Papua and New Britain ; 3. Wider Melanesia ; 4. Polynesia ; 5. Micronesia); title: Part two: Missionaries and islanders: who leads? 1946-1961 (6. Papua New Guinea ; 7. Other Melanesian islands ; 8. Polynesia ; 9. Micronesia); title: Part three: "The coconut curtain has lifted": Islander churches and church universal, 1961-1996 (10. Waves of change: Melanesia: Papua New Guinea ; 11. Other Melanesian islands ; 12. Polynesia ; 13. Micronesia); title: Glossary.