Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II

This third volume of the History of Christianity in Oceania describes the exposure of island churches to brutal interlopes in World War II. The war foreshadowed the twilight of the missionary and colonial eras. Independent churches broke free, as did island states. Christian leaders - men and women - contributed to the processes of change. In the 1960s the ecumenical and charismatic movements affected the life of the major churches. The World Council of Churches and the Second Vatican Council produced a ferment of unity, transformation, and social concern. Outbursts of ecstatic revival and many new religious movements brought forms of renewal and self-expression attuned to Islander's cultures and languages.