Blog Archives
Believing not belonging, Mike Grimshaw
New World, New God: Rethinking Christianity for a Secular Age Ian Harris Mākaro Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780994137869 In 1967, Lloyd Geering, Principal of Knox Theological Hall and Old Testament lecturer, was tried for heresy by the Presbyterian Church of New…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Ian Harris, Issue 125, Mākaro Press, Mike Grimshaw
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Prior tense, Paul Morris
Arthur Prior: A “Young Progressive”: Letters to Ursula Bethell and to Hugh Teague 1936-1941 Mike Grimshaw (ed) Canterbury University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9781927145593 A N Prior graduated from Otago University in philosophy and taught there and at the universities of…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Canterbury University Press, Hugh Teague, Issue 125, Paul Morris, Ursula Bethell
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Lead kindly light, Paul Morris
Sunday Best: How the Church Shaped New Zealand and New Zealand Shaped the Church Peter Lineham Massey University Press, $55.00, ISBN 9780994140777 Saints and Stirrers: Christianity, Conflict and Peacemaking in New Zealand, 1814-1945 Geoffrey Troughton (ed) Victoria University Press, $40.00,…
Demythologising, Mike Grimshaw
Sacred Histories in Secular New Zealand Geoffrey Troughton and Stuart Lange (eds) Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776560950 My late grandmother was a Presbyterian, who had some Catholic friends. They lived in working-class Stanley Point (when it was working-class) in…
Tagged with: Geoffrey Troughton, Issue 118, Mike Grimshaw, Stuart Lange, Victoria University Press, Winter 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Reiterating a theme, Peter Lineham
Reimagining God: The Faith Journey of a Modern Heretic Lloyd Geering Polebridge Press, $37.00, ISBN 9781598151565 Professor Lloyd Geering wrote his first book in 1968. Fifty-six years later, the grand old man is just shy of 100 years old and…
Tagged with: Issue 110, Lloyd Geering, Peter Lineham, Polebridge Press, Winter 2015
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
The life of Brian, Paul Morris
Destiny: The Life and Times of a Self-Made Apostle Peter Lineham Penguin Books, $38.00, ISBN 9780143568919 A Rising Tide: Evangelical Christianity in New Zealand 1930-65 Stuart Lange Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781877578557 Recently, the International Association of Religion Journalists…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Issue 105, Otago University Press, Paul Morris, Penguin Books, Peter Lineham, Stuart Lange
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Jesus with a human face, Hugo Petzsch
New Zealand Jesus: Social and Religious Transformations of an Image, 1890–1940 Geoffrey Troughton Peter Lang, US$78.95, ISBN 9783034310475 The figure of Jesus and the powerful ideas that are often associated with him have attracted men, women and children for centuries.…
Tagged with: Geoffrey Troughton, Hugo Petzsch, Issue 102, Peter Lang, Winter 2013
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Hot gospels and wowserism, Paul Morris
The Spirit of the Past: Essays on Christianity in New Zealand History Geoffrey Troughton and Hugh Morrison (eds) Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864736543 Theology no longer forms part of a university education in the social sciences or humanities, where…
Tagged with: Geoffrey Troughton, Hugh Morrison, Issue 100, Paul Morris, Summer 2012, Victoria University Press
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Tikkun olam, David Zwartz
Jewish Lives in New Zealand: A History Leonard Bell and Diana Morrow (eds) Godwit, $55.00, ISBN 9781869621735 “Don’t skite!” said my loving family when I came home with the story of some success at school. Jewish Lives in New…
Tagged with: David Zwartz, Diana Morrow, Godwit, Issue 99, Leonard Bell, Spring 2012
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Retro righteous indignation, Paul Morris
Shaping Godzone: Public Issues and Church Voices in New Zealand 1840-2000 Laurie Guy Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864736413 This is a 600-page, somewhat pious, lament for the New Zealand churches. These individual and collective Christian voices once heard…
Tagged with: Issue 96, Laurie Guy, Paul Morris, Summer 2011, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review