The Way Ahead: Anglican Change and Prospect in New Zealand Brian Davis Caxton Press, $33.50 cased, $26.50 pbk ISBN 0908563 698 Only a minority of New Zealanders are actively committed christians and only a minority of that minority are Anglicans.…
Another “religious” memoir, but in an entirely different vein, being not by a church leader but one of its loyal rebels, is Pauline O’Regan, There is Hope for a Tree, Auckland University Press/ Bridget Williams Books, $29.95, ISBN 186940 1328.…
A History of Christianity in Africa Elizabeth Isichei SPCK Press, London, British price £25.00 ISBN 0 281 04764 2 When I told friends I was reading a history of christianity in Africa, I could immediately hear the stereotypes clicking into…
Catholic Girls Jane Tolerton Penguin, $24.95 Jane Tolerton’s new book is a series of interviews with 17 Catholic-educated women ranging from lawyers and businesswomen to politicians and other entertainers. Tolerton’s premise for these nostalgic reminiscences is that “the Catholic women…
Tomorrow’s God Lloyd Geering Bridget Williams Books, $34.95 Reading Lloyd Geering’s Tomorrow’s God, an anecdote about the late Orson Welles kept surfacing in my mind. Welles was doing the standard talk‑show interview when he decided to hold forth on religion.…
Breath Becomes the Wind Simon Rae University of Otago Press, $39.95 Islands of the Dawn Robert S Ellwood University of Hawaii Press, $32.00 Permit me to remind you of two inane stereotypes, which lurk in the minds of secular liberals…
Breaking the Habit: Life in a New Zealand Dominican Convent 1956-67, Judith Graham, John McIndoe, $24.95 ‘Out in the world …’ used to be a common utterance in convent life. Unconsciously it implied that we inhabited a different planet. Judith…
Christianity in Aotearoa: A History of Church and Society in New Zealand Allan Davidson Education for Ministry, Wellington, 1991, $27.20 Originally planned as a course text by the Education for Ministry Board, this book has now deservedly reached a wider audience. In…
Religions of New Zealanders Peter Donovan Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1991, $39.95 The objective of this study is to further understanding of the broad variety of religions now present in New Zealand, looking at them both in the context of…