Christianity in Oceania

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Katalina Tahaafe-Williams is Programme Executive at the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, World Council of Churches. She was previously Multicultural Ministry Consultant at the Uniting Church in Australia NSW/ACT Synod. She is author of several books, including Song of the Prophets: A Global Theology of Climate Change (Christian Aid, 2012) and co-editor of Contextual Theology for the Twenty First Century (Wipf & Stock, 2010). Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

• Series PrefaceVolume PrefaceList of ContributorsIntroduction: A Demographic Profile of Christianity in OceaniaGina A. ZurloChristianity in OceaniaKatalina Tahaafe-WilliamsCountriesFrench PolynesiaRichard A. Davis and Marc PohueCook Islands, NiueNga MataioTongaSolo TafokitauSāmoa, American SāmoaFetaomi Tapu-QilihoTuvalu and TokelauTeatu FusiMicronesia, Kiribati, NauruSoama TafiaGuam, Micronesia (Fed States of), Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, PalauFrancis X. HezelNew Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna IslandsNathalie CawidroneFijiRusiate TuidrakuluVanuatuRandall PriorSolomon IslandsBrian McDonald-MilnePapua New GuineaJack UrameNew ZealandGeoffrey TroughtonAustraliaAndrew DutneyMajor Christian TraditionsAnglicansBrenda ReedIndependentsKenneth R. RossOrthodoxDoru CostacheProtestantsGraham Joseph HillRoman CatholicsRocío Figueroa and Philip GibbsEvangelicalsStuart LangePentecostals/CharismaticsKevin HoveyPacific Conference of ChurchesFeleterika NokiseKey ThemesFaith and CultureUpolu VaaiWorship and SpiritualityTau'alofa Anga'aelangi and Tanya RichesTheology, Darrell Jackson and Nasili Vaka'utaSocial and Political ContextAisake CasimiraMission and EvangelismFa'afetai AiavāGenderVictoria KavafolauReligious FreedomJacqueline RyleInter-Religious RelationsElizabeth Krishna and Tessa MackenzieIntegrity of CreationCliff BirdIndigenous SpiritualityCruz Karauti-FoxMigration and DiasporaAndrew WilliamsConclusion: The Future of Christianity in OceaniaKatalina Tahaafe-WilliamsAppendicesChristianity by CountryMethodology and Sources of Christian and Religious AffiliationTodd M. Johnson and Gina A. ZurloIndex

This significant volume is a definitive contribution to Oceanic Christian self-understanding. It is impressive in both its scope and its fine-grained attention to the nuances and diversities of Pacific belief and practice. Sensitively framed critical insider analysis provides a local voice, rendering it an accessible and valuable regional and global resource.