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Communal faith, shared vision, Peter Lineham

Posted on September 1, 2002 by NZ Books
Prophetic Histories: The People of the Maramatanga Karen Sinclair Bridget Williams Books, $49.95, ISBN 1877242926 This remarkable book is written by an American anthropologist from Eastern Michigan University. Over a period of 30 years, she entered the world of a…
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Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review

Religious past, secular present, Bill Logan

Posted on June 1, 2002 by NZ Books
Christianity Without God Lloyd Geering Bridget Williams Books, $34.95, ISBN 1877242241 Wellington Cathedral of St Paul: A History 1840-2001 Michael Blain Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 86473428X This is one of the most secular countries in the Western world, but…
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Sacred and secular, Lloyd Geering

Posted on June 1, 2001 by NZ Books
Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse ed Paul Morris, Harry Ricketts & Mike Grimshaw Godwit, $39.95, ISBN 1869620976 The editors are to be warmly commended for taking the initiative in assembling this first anthology…
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Posted in Literature, Poetry, Religion, Review

How far can you go? John Stenhouse

Posted on December 1, 2000 by NZ Books
The Bishop’s Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland Nicholas Reid Catholic Publications Centre, $22.95, ISBN 0473072181 Nicholas Reid sheds valuable light on New Zealand’s religious and cultural history in The Bishop’s Paper, a history…
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Nietzsche in conversation with Forest and Bird, Nicholas Reid

Posted on August 7, 2000 by NZ Books
The World to Come – From Christian Past to Global Future Lloyd Geering Bridget Williams Books, $34.95, ISBN 1 877 242 020 Consider carefully Lloyd Geering’s use of the word “Christian” in the following sentence from his latest book, The…
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Mary, Marist, Catholic and Kiwis, Paul Morris

Posted on June 4, 1998 by NZ Books
God‘s Farthest Outpost: A History of Catholics in New Zealand Michael King Viking, $49.95 ISBN 0 67087 652 6 Church in the World: Statements on Social issues 1979-1997 by New Zealand Catholic Bishops, compiled by Chris Orsman and Peter Zwart…
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Fascination, mystery, intrigue? Boring, Janet Hughes

Posted on December 12, 1997 by NZ Books
Vows: Nuns and Priests Speak Out Denis Edwards Penguin, $24.95. ISBN 0 140 27159 7 This small book represents two trends apparent in recent publishing. One is the vogue for oral history — Vows consists of edited interview material, the…
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Spreading the Word, Bryan Gilling

Posted on December 12, 1997 by NZ Books
Bible and Society: A Sesquicentennial History of the Bible Society in New Zealand Peter J Lineham Daphne Brasell Associates/Bible Society in New Zealand, $34.95, ISBN 0 908896 46 8 The production and distribution of the Bible is perhaps the quintessential…
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When anti-popery ruled, Nicholas Reid

Posted on October 12, 1997 by NZ Books
Bishop in the dock Rory Sweetman Auckland University Press, $39:95, ISBN 1 86940 160 3 Henry Jacobs — A clergyman of calibre Helen Garrett Shoal Bay Press, $39:95, ISBN 0 906704  54 2 Doing theology ourselves Neil Darragh Accent Publications,$18.00,…
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The power of words and rituals, Ruth Butterworth

Posted on March 7, 1996 by NZ Books
The Source of the Song. New Zealand Writers on Catholicism Mark Williams (ed) Auckland University Press, $24.95 ISBN 086473 2872 Catholicism as a “cultural force”? Andrew Johnston very properly has trouble with the whole notion of a separable entity. Anne…
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