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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Reeson, Margaret

Titel

Pacific missionary George Brown : the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australasia 1835-1917

Ort / Verlag

Canberra : ANU E Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Prologue --1. 'The farthest place from England' -- 2. 'Alone yet not alone' -- 3. 'With aching hearts ... ' -- 4. 'A great waste of men and money' -- 5. 'We are all in God's hands ... ' -- 6. 'I see no reason to die of fear' -- 7. 'If God had called me to that work Lydia dared not hinder' -- 8. 'A great sinking of heart' -- 9. 'I shall not be surprised to hear that many condemn' -- 10. 'A fearful mistake' -- 11. 'I wish I was twenty years younger' -- 12. 'A vagabond streak' -- 13. 'One of the toughest morsels' -- 14. 'The other end of the telescope' -- 15. 'A doubtful experiment' -- 16. 'Rev. Dr. Georgium Brown' -- 17. 'Sanctified audacity' -- 18. 'Something of the vagabond' -- 19. 'The Venerable General Secretary' -- 20. 'Grand old man of Methodist Missions' -- 21. 'A creed wide enough' -- 22. 'Beloved chief and father' -- Epilogue
• "George Brown (1835-1917) was many things during his long life; leader in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Australasia, explorer, linguist, political activist, apologist for the missionary enterprise, amateur anthropologist, writer, constant traveller, collector of artefacts, photographer and stirrer. He saw himself, at heart, as a missionary. The islands of the Pacific Ocean were the scene of his endeavours, with extended periods lived in Samoa and the New Britain region of today's Papua New Guinea, followed by repeated visits to Tonga, Fiji, the Milne Bay region of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It could be argued that while he was a missionary in the Pacific region he was not a pacific missionary. Brown gained unwanted notoriety for involvement in a violent confrontation at one point in his career, and lived through conflict in many contexts but he also frequently worked as a peace maker. Policies he helped shape on issues such as church union, indigenous leadership, representation by lay people and a wider role for women continue to influence Uniting Church in Australia and churches in the Pacific region. His name is still remembered with honour in several parts of the Pacific. Brown's marriage to Sarah Lydia Wallis, daughter of pioneer missionaries to New Zealand, was long and rich. Each strengthened the other and they stand side by side in this account."--Publisher description