MISSION, CHURCH, AND SECT IN OCEANIA

Part 1: MISSIONARIES AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Introduction
Gottfried Oosterwal

2. Foreign Missionaries in the Pacific Islands during the Twentieth Century
Charles W. Forman

3. Mutual Biases of Anthropologists and Missionaries
Daniel T. Hughes

Part 2. MISSIONIZATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Introduction
James A. Boutilier

4. The Impact of South Sea Islands Missionaries on Melanesia
Sione Latukefu

5. Civilizing the Heathen: Missionaries and Social Change in the Mortlock Islands
James D. Nason

6. Missions, Administration, and Education in the Solomon Islands, 1893-1942
James A. Boutilier

7. Competition for Baegu Souls: Mission Rivalry on Malaita, Solomon Islands
Harold M. Ross

Part 3: LOCAL-LEVEL MISSIONARY ADAPTATION

Introduction
Daniel T. Hughes

8. Mission, Church, and Sect: Three Types of Religious Commitment in the Torres Strait Islands
Jeremy Beckett

9. Intercultural Communication in the Western Solomons: The Methodist Mission and the Emergence of the Christian Fellowship Church
Frances Harwood

10. Indigenization as a Missionary Goal in the Caroline and Marshall Islands
Francis X. Hezel

11. The Impact of Vatican II on the Marists in Oceania
Gerald A. Arbuckle

Part 4: INDIGENOUS RESPONSE

Introduction
Sharon W. Tiffany

12. The Teachings of Father Marino: Christianity on Tobi Atoll
Peter W. Black

13. Christianity in Kaliai: Response to Missionization in Northwest New Britain
Dorothy Ayers Counts

14. After the Missionaries Came: Denominational Diversity in the Tonga Islands
Shulamit R. Decktor Korn

15. The Politics of Denominational Organization in Samoa
Sharon W. Tiffany

16. Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect
Sione Latukefu