God Is Samoan: Dialogues between Culture and Theology in the Pacific 9780824883164

Table of contents :
Editor’s Note
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Writing Back at the Bible
Chapter 2. Weavers, Servants, and Prophets
Chapter 3. Coconut Theology and the Cultivation of a Pacific Way
Chapter 4. Sea and Earth
Conclusion: Culture, Dialogue, and the Divine
Notes
References
Index

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