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Scripture, Piety and the Practice of Peace in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Missions
- Source :
- Studies in World Christianity. 25:128-144
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
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Abstract
- Nineteenth-century missionary activity is more commonly associated in historiography with the violence of colonisation and imperialism than with peace. Nevertheless, in some places, rhetoric proclaiming Christianity as a peace-bringer became tied more decisively with the preaching of peace as an ethical imperative. This article explores the emergence and cultivation of a peace gospel in the mission to Māori in nineteenth-century New Zealand. It argues that formations of piety, especially bible reading, were central to the inculcation of an influential peace ethic.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17500230 and 13549901
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Studies in World Christianity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........da14b3caa821edd8c05c41fc6796ffb8