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This exhaustive reference volume covers the state of Christianity in every country in Oceania, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends.
Series PrefaceVolume Preface List of Contributors Introduction: A Demographic Profile of Christianity in OceaniaGina A. Zurlo Christianity in OceaniaKatalina Tahaafe-Williams Countries French PolynesiaRichard A. Davis and Marc Pohue Cook Islands, NiueNga Mataio TongaSolo Tafokitau Samoa, American SamoaFetaomi Tapu-Qiliho Tuvalu and TokelauTeatu Fusi Micronesia, Kiribati, NauruSoama Tafia Guam, Micronesia (Fed States of), Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, PalauFrancis X. Hezel New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna IslandsNathalie Cawidrone FijiRusiate Tuidrakulu VanuatuRandall Prior Solomon IslandsBrian McDonald-Milne Papua New GuineaJack Urame New ZealandGeoffrey Troughton AustraliaAndrew Dutney Major Christian Traditions AnglicansBrenda Reed IndependentsKenneth R. Ross OrthodoxDoru Costache ProtestantsGraham Joseph Hill Roman CatholicsRocío Figueroa and Philip Gibbs EvangelicalsStuart Lange Pentecostals/CharismaticsKevin Hovey Pacific Conference of ChurchesFeleterika Nokise Key Themes Faith and CultureUpolu Vaai Worship and SpiritualityTau'alofa Anga'aelangi and Tanya Riches Theology, Darrell Jackson and Nasili Vaka'uta Social and Political ContextAisake Casimira Mission and EvangelismFa'afetai Aiava GenderVictoria Kavafolau Religious FreedomJacqueline Ryle Inter-Religious RelationsElizabeth Krishna and Tessa Mackenzie Integrity of CreationCliff Bird Indigenous SpiritualityCruz Karauti-Fox Migration and DiasporaAndrew Williams Conclusion: The Future of Christianity in OceaniaKatalina Tahaafe-Williams Appendices Christianity by Country Methodology and Sources of Christian and Religious AffiliationTodd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo Index

Kenneth R. Ross (Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Zomba Theological University), Katalina Tahaafe-Williams (Programme Executive at the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, World Council of Churches), Todd M. Johnson (Paul E. and Eva B. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

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.