Tauga vulaono translator (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 531 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. In English and Fijian. John Hunt was a Wesleyan missionary in Fiji for just a decade, 1839-1848. Nevertheless, his work was of such impact that he ensured the eventual conversion of the Fijians to Christianity. The Inheritance of Hope examines Hunt's upbringing and training in England, his marriage to Hannah Summers and their time of missionary work in Fiji. Surrounded constantly by the vitality and prosperity of a warlike yet welcoming people, Hunt introduced western ideas of education and medicine together with the religious and ethical principles of Christianity. His theological forms of education in Fiji as well as his many translations, including the first Fijian New Testament, are enduring testimonies to his work. Only 36 when he died, Hunt has justifiably earned the title of Apostle of Fiji.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 474 pp., index. In English and Fijian. This book traces the life of William Cross, Christian missionary in the South Pacific. Born in England in 1797, Cross worked in Tonga for 8 years. Losing his first wife in a tragic drowning, Cross remarried in Sydney and then volunteered to lead the first Wesleyan mission to Fiji in 1835. In the next 7 years until his death in 1842, Cross established Christian churches in some of the most important Fijian chiefdoms. A particular focus of the book is the religious dialogue between Fijian traditional beliefs and new Christian ideas. The book completes Thornley's and Vulaono's bi-lingual trilogy on the first forty years of Fiji Methodism.…