New Zealand Jesus
Subtitle: social and religious transformations of an image, 1890-1940
By: Geoffrey Troughton
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9783034310475
Subjects: Doctrines; History of doctrines; Church history; Protestant churches; History
Description: What did early twentieth century New Zealanders make of Jesus, and what do their understandings tell us? This study provides the first historical analysis of New Zealand images of Jesus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jesus, history, and religion in New Zealand; title: The turn to personality; title: Anti-church prophet; title: Social campaigner; title: Children's Jesus; title: Manly Jesus; title: Conclusion.