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.…
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…
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…