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The good life, Mike Grimshaw
Such is Life! A Close Encounter with Ecclesiastes Lloyd Geering Steele Roberts, $29.99, ISBN 9781877448881 In an email in 2008, Lloyd Geering mentioned that his next project was Ecclesiastes, a longstanding interest, which he noted was also a focus…
Tagged with: Issue 92, Lloyd Geering, Mike Grimshaw, Steele Roberts, Summer 2010
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Explaining the explainers, Robert Nola
Secular Sermons: Essays on Science and Philosophy Alan Musgrave Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877372704 Publishers in New Zealand produce books in many areas such as literature, history, politics, biography, art; they produce almost nothing in philosophy. Philosophers in this…
Tagged with: Alan Musgrave, Issue 91, Otago University Press, Robert Nola, Spring 2010
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Science
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Science
Ex cathedra, Paul Morris
A Word in Season: Reflections on Spirituality, Faith and Ethics Richard Randerson Matai House, $19.50, ISBN 9780473136543 The Anglican Church in New Zealand, like the other major denominations, is split between its liberals and conservatives. This division is over how…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, Issue 85, Matai House, Paul Morris, Richard Randerson
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Troubled missionary, Paul Moon
God’s Messenger: J F Riemenschneider and Racial Conflict in 19th Century New Zealand Peter Oettli Huia, $55.00, ISBN 9781869693201 The lives of missionaries in 19th century New Zealand have tended to end up being documented in two forms. The first…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, Huia, Issue 85, Paul Moon, Peter Oettli
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Handbook for the global Christian, Nicholas Birns
The Lloyd Geering Reader: Prophet of Modernity Paul Morris and Mike Grimshaw (eds) Victoria University Press, $39.99, ISBN 9780864735478 Lloyd Geering is the most famous New Zealand Christian thinker worldwide, though Christopher Marshall is gaining ground with his recent work…
Tagged with: Issue 81, Lloyd Geering, Mike Grimshaw, Nicholas Birns, Paul Morris, Winter 2008
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
New Zealand a Christian country? Paul Morris
Shaping a Colonial Church: Bishop Harper and the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch 1856-1890 Colin Brown, Marie Peters and Jane Teal (eds) Canterbury University Press, $45.00, ISBN 1877257443 James Michael Liston: A Life Nicholas Reid Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735367 …
Songs from the liberal hymn book, Mike Grimshaw
Wrestling with God: The Story of My Life Lloyd Geering Bridget Williams Books, $34.99, ISBN 1877242365 A Religious Atheist?: Critical Essays on the Work of Lloyd Geering Raymond Pelly and Peter Stuart (eds) Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372374 The…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 78, Lloyd Geering, Mike Grimshaw, Peter Stuart, Raymond Pelly, Winter 2007
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Calls for re-enchantment, Paul Morris
Celebrating the Southern Seasons: Rituals for Aotearoa Juliet Batten Random House, $34.95, ISBN 1869417348 Tohunga: The Revival of Ancient Knowledge for the Modern Era Samuel Timoti Robinson Reed, $49.99, ISBN 079001002X The election is finally over and we have a…
Tagged with: Issue 71, Juliet Batten, Paul Morris, Random House, Reed, Samuel Timoti Robinson, Spring 2005
Posted in Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Posted in Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
God’s very own local history, Paul Morris
Building God’s Own Country: Historical Essays on Religions in New Zealand ed John Stenhouse and Jane Thomson Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276928 In a recent article Otago University’s John Stenhouse forcefully contended that New Zealand historians have largely overlooked…
Tagged with: Issue 67, Jane Thomson, John Stenhouse, Otago University Press, Paul Morris, Spring 2004
Posted in Essays, History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Essays, History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Changing habits, Margaret Tennant
Mary Potter’s Little Company of Mary – The New Zealand Experience 1914-2002 Ann Trotter Bridget Williams Books/Little Company of Mary, $39.95, ISBN 1877242314 It may be a sign of the times that sisterhood – of the religious community, rather than…
Tagged with: Ann Trotter, Autumn 2004, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 65, Little Company of Mary, Margaret Tennant
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review