Napela Center Published Books
Intensive Course in Tongan: Revised Edition
Eric B. Shumway
"I...express my wholehearted support...on the reprinting of this most valuable course in Tongan. One is encouraged in the knowledge that the Tongan language will be appreciated and understood through this book.
...Eric B. Shumway is the only papālangi I know that speaks Tongan so perfectly." - From the foreword by H.R.H. Princess Sālote-Pilolevu Tuita
"This text consists of 130 lessons, supplementary materials, conversational materials, Tongan proverbs and songs, specialized word lists, readings, and glossary. The lessons are written as a guide for students who want to speak and understand the Tongan language as it is currently spoken by the people of the Kingdom of Tonga. The lessons provide a systematic oral-aural approach to the study of the grammar and phonology of the language. Without treating exhaustively all the minor grammatical structures in the language, these lessons constitute an in-depth survey of idiomatic Tongan."
"I...express my wholehearted support...on the reprinting of this most valuable course in Tongan. One is encouraged in the knowledge that the Tongan language will be appreciated and understood through this book.
...Eric B. Shumway is the only papālangi I know that speaks Tongan so perfectly." - From the foreword by H.R.H. Princess Sālote-Pilolevu Tuita
"This text consists of 130 lessons, supplementary materials, conversational materials, Tongan proverbs and songs, specialized word lists, readings, and glossary. The lessons are written as a guide for students who want to speak and understand the Tongan language as it is currently spoken by the people of the Kingdom of Tonga. The lessons provide a systematic oral-aural approach to the study of the grammar and phonology of the language. Without treating exhaustively all the minor grammatical structures in the language, these lessons constitute an in-depth survey of idiomatic Tongan."
Moramona: The Mormons in Hawaii Second Edition
R. Lanie Britsch
"The second edition of MORAMONA takes the reader through 168 years of trial and triumph in this one-volume history of the Mormons in Hawai'i, from 1850 to the present. This new edition provides background on the pre-history of the Hawaiians, the remarkable story of the Utah missionaries working alongside Hawaiian Saints to build a new Zion in an island paradise--from the arrival of the first missionaries, the translation of the Book of Mormon into Hawaiian, and the settling of La'ie to the building of the La'ie Hawai'i and the Kona Hawai'i Temples. The story tells of the Church College of Hawai'i and BYU-Hawai'i, of the labor missionaries and the Polynesian Cultural Center, of Mormon Hawaiian musicians, of the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement and the Mormon experience there, and of almost countless Latter-day Saints who have given much to make the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strong in the Islands."
"The second edition of MORAMONA takes the reader through 168 years of trial and triumph in this one-volume history of the Mormons in Hawai'i, from 1850 to the present. This new edition provides background on the pre-history of the Hawaiians, the remarkable story of the Utah missionaries working alongside Hawaiian Saints to build a new Zion in an island paradise--from the arrival of the first missionaries, the translation of the Book of Mormon into Hawaiian, and the settling of La'ie to the building of the La'ie Hawai'i and the Kona Hawai'i Temples. The story tells of the Church College of Hawai'i and BYU-Hawai'i, of the labor missionaries and the Polynesian Cultural Center, of Mormon Hawaiian musicians, of the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement and the Mormon experience there, and of almost countless Latter-day Saints who have given much to make the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strong in the Islands."
Lā'ieikawai - The Ho'ulu Hou Project: Stories Told by Us
A Hawaiian Legend told by Dawn Kahalaomāpuana Tuatafa Wasson and transcribed by Leone M. Saaga
"12 Hawaiian-English flip-format storybooks from Na Kamalei - K.E.E.P. teach young children not only the Hawaiian language, but of the people, places, legends and stories of the district of Ko'olauloa, on the island of O'ahu. Each includes ideas for reading with keiki. La'ieikawai is the timeless Hawaiian legend showing the ahonui (patience) and 'olu'olu (kindness) that one person can have for another. In spite of being unable to see her, chief Hala'ani'ani returns night after night, in hopes of meeting the elusive chiefess, La'ieikawai. His patience and kindness convince La'ieikawai that Hala'ani'ani is worthy of her. This telling of La'ieikawai is done with respect and remembrance of kupuna who share their knowledge and wisdom through the art of storytelling. Punana Leo o Ko'olauloa, established in 1997, is the tenth Punana Leo Hawaiian Immersion School. With the help of parents and the community, the school was founded to serve families residing in the district of Ko'olauloa and serves as a living vessel of the Hawaiian language and culture. Na Kamalei - Ko'olauloa Early Education Program is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and implementation of early childhood and family-based education programs and services, and in ensuring accessibility to all families in the Ko'olauloa district. Its curriculum, programs and educational materials promote and advocate traditional Native Hawaiian cultural practices, values and language in education."
"12 Hawaiian-English flip-format storybooks from Na Kamalei - K.E.E.P. teach young children not only the Hawaiian language, but of the people, places, legends and stories of the district of Ko'olauloa, on the island of O'ahu. Each includes ideas for reading with keiki. La'ieikawai is the timeless Hawaiian legend showing the ahonui (patience) and 'olu'olu (kindness) that one person can have for another. In spite of being unable to see her, chief Hala'ani'ani returns night after night, in hopes of meeting the elusive chiefess, La'ieikawai. His patience and kindness convince La'ieikawai that Hala'ani'ani is worthy of her. This telling of La'ieikawai is done with respect and remembrance of kupuna who share their knowledge and wisdom through the art of storytelling. Punana Leo o Ko'olauloa, established in 1997, is the tenth Punana Leo Hawaiian Immersion School. With the help of parents and the community, the school was founded to serve families residing in the district of Ko'olauloa and serves as a living vessel of the Hawaiian language and culture. Na Kamalei - Ko'olauloa Early Education Program is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and implementation of early childhood and family-based education programs and services, and in ensuring accessibility to all families in the Ko'olauloa district. Its curriculum, programs and educational materials promote and advocate traditional Native Hawaiian cultural practices, values and language in education."
Mormons In The Pacific: A Bibliography
Compiled by Russell T. Clement
Kalaupapa: The Mormon Experience in an Exiled Community
Fred E. Woods
"This book tells the riveting story of a unique settlement on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i known as Kalaupapa. In the nineteenth century, leprosy (now known as Hansen's disease) spread through the Hawaiian Islands, causing the king of Hawai'i to sanction an act that exiled all people afflicted with this disease to Kalaupapa peninsula. Kalaupapa was separated from the rest of the world, with sheer cliffs on one side, the ocean on the other three, and limited contact with anyone, even loved ones. In this book, Fred Woods delves into the untold history of Kalupapa and its inhabitants, recounting the patients' experience on the peninsula and emphasizing the Mormon Connection to it. By doing so, he brings to light inspiring stories of love, courage, sacrifice, and community."
"This book tells the riveting story of a unique settlement on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i known as Kalaupapa. In the nineteenth century, leprosy (now known as Hansen's disease) spread through the Hawaiian Islands, causing the king of Hawai'i to sanction an act that exiled all people afflicted with this disease to Kalaupapa peninsula. Kalaupapa was separated from the rest of the world, with sheer cliffs on one side, the ocean on the other three, and limited contact with anyone, even loved ones. In this book, Fred Woods delves into the untold history of Kalupapa and its inhabitants, recounting the patients' experience on the peninsula and emphasizing the Mormon Connection to it. By doing so, he brings to light inspiring stories of love, courage, sacrifice, and community."
Reflections of Kalaupapa
Fred E. Woods
"Reflections of Kalaupapa contains interviews with over fifty patients, physicians, nurses, volunteers, visitors, ecclesiastical leaders, journalists, and scholars from variety of cultures and faiths that reveal how the people of Kalaupapa forged a living, united community from which scared space emerged.
The charity and uncommon service rendered at Kalaupapa provides a vivid example for all of our faith's community and embrace the universal message to love one another, regardless of our differences."
"Reflections of Kalaupapa contains interviews with over fifty patients, physicians, nurses, volunteers, visitors, ecclesiastical leaders, journalists, and scholars from variety of cultures and faiths that reveal how the people of Kalaupapa forged a living, united community from which scared space emerged.
The charity and uncommon service rendered at Kalaupapa provides a vivid example for all of our faith's community and embrace the universal message to love one another, regardless of our differences."
These Roots Remain: Food Habits in Island of the Central and Eastern Pacific since Western Contact
Nancy J. Pollock
"Here is a broad survey of the eleven main starch foods of Polynesia and Micronesia that draws together previously scattered information and explores both explicit and implicit expressions of food habits associated with these staples. This study addresses the question of South Pacific peoples retaining their cultural and dietary attachment to traditional food sources despite Westernization. Why does the use of root and tree starches such as taro, yams, and breadfruit persist despite the availability of other foods? What in fact are the local concepts of food and the values attached to it?
Using approaches of symbolic anthropology, social ecology, and household economy, Nancy J. Pollock explores the values of food beyond the Western concept - as a collection of energy inputs the individual body needs to function - to establish the broader role food plays in the world view of certain Pacific Island societies - that of a symbol of power and well-being that structures social life. The author finds that food comprises a carefully categorized set of symbols that help determine thought and action in Pacific societies. Food is a culture pattern, unique to each society. But some patterns are also shared and those shared patterns are due to links in times past. Pollock investigates the cultural mechanisms that have allowed certain distinct features associated with food to remain in the face of many intrusions to those societies.
Extensively reviewed are the sociocultural, archeological-historical, and scientific literature on the topic, ranging from the records of early explorers, missionaries, and pioneer ethnographers to those of modern medical, nutritional, and ethnobotanical researchers, along with observations from the author's personal fieldwork. Among the topics covered are: classification, feasts, food tabus, language aspects, decision making, cooking and preservation technology, land use and control, urban food patterns, food policy issues such as dependency and import substitution, identity issues, local concepts of food and health, the impact of Western concepts, and evaluations of Pacific diets including nutritional value of the starches and epidemiological studies of the relation of food to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Reference tables and an extensive bibliography collate data on societies from Fiji to French Polynesia, the Marshall Islands to Palau.
These Roots Remain provides wide-ranging, even provocative information to a general audience interested in South Pacific peoples and in understanding food habits in a broad theoretical framework. Government officials, development economists, social scientists, and health professionals will find the questions explored here of value in shaping future research."
"Here is a broad survey of the eleven main starch foods of Polynesia and Micronesia that draws together previously scattered information and explores both explicit and implicit expressions of food habits associated with these staples. This study addresses the question of South Pacific peoples retaining their cultural and dietary attachment to traditional food sources despite Westernization. Why does the use of root and tree starches such as taro, yams, and breadfruit persist despite the availability of other foods? What in fact are the local concepts of food and the values attached to it?
Using approaches of symbolic anthropology, social ecology, and household economy, Nancy J. Pollock explores the values of food beyond the Western concept - as a collection of energy inputs the individual body needs to function - to establish the broader role food plays in the world view of certain Pacific Island societies - that of a symbol of power and well-being that structures social life. The author finds that food comprises a carefully categorized set of symbols that help determine thought and action in Pacific societies. Food is a culture pattern, unique to each society. But some patterns are also shared and those shared patterns are due to links in times past. Pollock investigates the cultural mechanisms that have allowed certain distinct features associated with food to remain in the face of many intrusions to those societies.
Extensively reviewed are the sociocultural, archeological-historical, and scientific literature on the topic, ranging from the records of early explorers, missionaries, and pioneer ethnographers to those of modern medical, nutritional, and ethnobotanical researchers, along with observations from the author's personal fieldwork. Among the topics covered are: classification, feasts, food tabus, language aspects, decision making, cooking and preservation technology, land use and control, urban food patterns, food policy issues such as dependency and import substitution, identity issues, local concepts of food and health, the impact of Western concepts, and evaluations of Pacific diets including nutritional value of the starches and epidemiological studies of the relation of food to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Reference tables and an extensive bibliography collate data on societies from Fiji to French Polynesia, the Marshall Islands to Palau.
These Roots Remain provides wide-ranging, even provocative information to a general audience interested in South Pacific peoples and in understanding food habits in a broad theoretical framework. Government officials, development economists, social scientists, and health professionals will find the questions explored here of value in shaping future research."
Pacific Islander Americans: An Annotated Bibliography in the Social Sciences
Paul R. Spickard, Debbie Hippolite Wright
Blossom Fonoimoana, Karina Kahananui Green, David Hall, Dorri Nautu, Tupou Hopoate Pau'u, and John Westerlund
Blossom Fonoimoana, Karina Kahananui Green, David Hall, Dorri Nautu, Tupou Hopoate Pau'u, and John Westerlund
Navigating the Spanish Lake: The Pacific in the Iberian World, 1521-1898
Rainer F. Buschmann, Edward R. Slack Jr., James B. Tueller
"Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain’s long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521–1898) in the context of its global empire. Building on a growing body of literature on the Atlantic world and indigenous peoples in the Pacific, this pioneering book investigates the historiographical “Spanish Lake” as an artifact that unites the Pacific Rim (the Americas and Asia) and Basin (Oceania) with the Iberian Atlantic. Incorporating an impressive array of unpublished archival materials on Spain’s two most important island possessions (Guam and the Philippines) and foreign policy in the South Sea, the book brings the Pacific into the prevailing Atlanticentric scholarship, challenging many standard interpretations. By examining Castile’s cultural heritage in the Pacific through the lens of archipelagic Hispanization, the authors bring a new comparative methodology to an important field of research.
The book opens with a macrohistorical perspective of the conceptual and literal Spanish Lake. The chapters that follow explore both the Iberian vision of the Pacific and indigenous counternarratives; chart the history of a Chinese mestizo regiment that emerged after Britain’s occupation of Manila in 1762-1764; and examine how Chamorros responded to waves of newcomers making their way to Guam from Europe, the Americas, and Asia. An epilogue analyzes the decline of Spanish influence against a backdrop of European and American imperial ambitions and reflects on the legacies of archipelagic Hispanization into the twenty-first century.
Specialists and students of Pacific studies, world history, the Spanish colonial era, maritime history, early modern Europe, and Asian studies will welcome Navigating the Spanish Lake as a persuasive reorientation of the Pacific in both Iberian and world history."
"Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain’s long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521–1898) in the context of its global empire. Building on a growing body of literature on the Atlantic world and indigenous peoples in the Pacific, this pioneering book investigates the historiographical “Spanish Lake” as an artifact that unites the Pacific Rim (the Americas and Asia) and Basin (Oceania) with the Iberian Atlantic. Incorporating an impressive array of unpublished archival materials on Spain’s two most important island possessions (Guam and the Philippines) and foreign policy in the South Sea, the book brings the Pacific into the prevailing Atlanticentric scholarship, challenging many standard interpretations. By examining Castile’s cultural heritage in the Pacific through the lens of archipelagic Hispanization, the authors bring a new comparative methodology to an important field of research.
The book opens with a macrohistorical perspective of the conceptual and literal Spanish Lake. The chapters that follow explore both the Iberian vision of the Pacific and indigenous counternarratives; chart the history of a Chinese mestizo regiment that emerged after Britain’s occupation of Manila in 1762-1764; and examine how Chamorros responded to waves of newcomers making their way to Guam from Europe, the Americas, and Asia. An epilogue analyzes the decline of Spanish influence against a backdrop of European and American imperial ambitions and reflects on the legacies of archipelagic Hispanization into the twenty-first century.
Specialists and students of Pacific studies, world history, the Spanish colonial era, maritime history, early modern Europe, and Asian studies will welcome Navigating the Spanish Lake as a persuasive reorientation of the Pacific in both Iberian and world history."
Marking Indigeneity: The Tongan Art of Sociospatial Relations
Tēvita O. Ka'ili (Foreword by 'Ōkusitino Mahina)
"Tongans, the native people of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, are a highly mobile indigenous group. Like their seafaring ancestors, they are constantly on the move across tā (time) and vā (space). Carrying their traditions with them, Tongans living in Maui, Hawai'i, actively mediate those dimensions by extending the time-space structure of certain activities and places in order to practice tauhi vā--the marking of time to sustain harmonious relations and create beautiful sociospatial relations.
In Marking Indigeneity, Tevita O. Ka'ili examines the conflicts and reconciliation of indigenous time-space within the Tongan community in Maui, as well as within the time-space of capitalism. Using indigenous theory, he provides an ethnography of the social relations of the highly mobile Tongans.
Focusing on tauhi vā, Ka'ili notes certain examples of this time marking: the faikava gatherings that last from sunset to sunrise, long eating gatherings, long conversations (talanoa), the all-night funeral wakes, and the early arrival to and late departure from meetings and celebrations. Ka'ili also describes the performing art of tauhi vā, which creates symmetry through the performance of social duties (fatongia). This gives rise to powerful feelings of warmth, elation, and honor among the performers. Marking Indigeneity offers an ethnography of the extension of time-space that is rooted in ancient Moana oral traditions, thoughtfully illustrating the continuation of these traditions."
"Tongans, the native people of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, are a highly mobile indigenous group. Like their seafaring ancestors, they are constantly on the move across tā (time) and vā (space). Carrying their traditions with them, Tongans living in Maui, Hawai'i, actively mediate those dimensions by extending the time-space structure of certain activities and places in order to practice tauhi vā--the marking of time to sustain harmonious relations and create beautiful sociospatial relations.
In Marking Indigeneity, Tevita O. Ka'ili examines the conflicts and reconciliation of indigenous time-space within the Tongan community in Maui, as well as within the time-space of capitalism. Using indigenous theory, he provides an ethnography of the social relations of the highly mobile Tongans.
Focusing on tauhi vā, Ka'ili notes certain examples of this time marking: the faikava gatherings that last from sunset to sunrise, long eating gatherings, long conversations (talanoa), the all-night funeral wakes, and the early arrival to and late departure from meetings and celebrations. Ka'ili also describes the performing art of tauhi vā, which creates symmetry through the performance of social duties (fatongia). This gives rise to powerful feelings of warmth, elation, and honor among the performers. Marking Indigeneity offers an ethnography of the extension of time-space that is rooted in ancient Moana oral traditions, thoughtfully illustrating the continuation of these traditions."
Sacred and Historical Places - Hawaii: A Guide to LDS Historic Sites in Hawaii
Mary Jane Woodger, Riley M. Moffat, Fred E. Woods
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created a rich history in Hawai'i over the past 166 years. Sacred and Historical Places: Hawaii can guide you to locations where the story of the Church in the Hawaiian Islands unfolded and illuminate their role and significance.
Discover anew the wondrous isles of Hawai'i as you visit these sacred sites!"
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created a rich history in Hawai'i over the past 166 years. Sacred and Historical Places: Hawaii can guide you to locations where the story of the Church in the Hawaiian Islands unfolded and illuminate their role and significance.
Discover anew the wondrous isles of Hawai'i as you visit these sacred sites!"
Constitutionalism In Micronesia
Norman Meller
"...like clay in the potter's hands, the shape of future political status would emerge as the powers and structures of the new Micronesian government were decided upon and the polity took shape."
"...like clay in the potter's hands, the shape of future political status would emerge as the powers and structures of the new Micronesian government were decided upon and the polity took shape."
Temple Hill, Temple Beach: Selected Poems
Jim Walker
"...like clay in the potter's hands, the shape of future political status would emerge as the powers and structures of the new Micronesian government were decided upon and the polity took shape."
"...like clay in the potter's hands, the shape of future political status would emerge as the powers and structures of the new Micronesian government were decided upon and the polity took shape."
"From This Place": Lectures in honor of David O. McKay Delivered Annually at Brigham Young University—Hawaii Campus 1963 - 1992
Jesse S. Crisler and Jay Fox
"Since 1963 the David O. McKay Lecture has been a prominent annual event at BYU—Hawaii. In introducing the first lecture, Nephi Georgi, one of the original faculty members at what was then the Church College of Hawaii, explained the ptporse of the series:
"First, by its establishment a local platform was created from which knowledge important subjects and vital issues could be discussed by a distinguished member of the Church College of Hawaii faculty.
Second, by approaching [the] subject matter with intellectual courage and vigor the designated faculty would be extending a degree of respect to the inspired leadership of Pres. David O. McKay under whose hand this institution came into being.
The originators of the project could desire nothing more than that this series will assist in developing and helping to maintain a desirable public image for the college."
The editors "From This Place" have compiled, edited and supplied explanatory notes for the first thirty of these lectures—from 1963-1992. The topics include poignant historical accounts, important scholarly insights, enlightening examinations of the creative process, and more. The publication of these presentations provides at last an important volume that documents the realization of the ideals envisioned by the founders of this prestigious series"
"Since 1963 the David O. McKay Lecture has been a prominent annual event at BYU—Hawaii. In introducing the first lecture, Nephi Georgi, one of the original faculty members at what was then the Church College of Hawaii, explained the ptporse of the series:
"First, by its establishment a local platform was created from which knowledge important subjects and vital issues could be discussed by a distinguished member of the Church College of Hawaii faculty.
Second, by approaching [the] subject matter with intellectual courage and vigor the designated faculty would be extending a degree of respect to the inspired leadership of Pres. David O. McKay under whose hand this institution came into being.
The originators of the project could desire nothing more than that this series will assist in developing and helping to maintain a desirable public image for the college."
The editors "From This Place" have compiled, edited and supplied explanatory notes for the first thirty of these lectures—from 1963-1992. The topics include poignant historical accounts, important scholarly insights, enlightening examinations of the creative process, and more. The publication of these presentations provides at last an important volume that documents the realization of the ideals envisioned by the founders of this prestigious series"
Stories of the Temple in Lā'ie, Hawai'i: Hundred Anniversary
Clinton D. Christensen
The year 2019 marks the hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the Laie Hawaii Temple. As the first temple outside North America, the Hawaii Temple has been a gathering place for people from the isles of the sea and Asia. This book shares a hundred years of history through the eyes of the individuals the temple has impacted.
Learn of the courage and the sacrifices Saints experienced as the journeyed from the outer Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, the Pacific, and Asia to receive holy ordinances in Lā'ie. Read about the miraculous lighting of the temple on April 6, 1930. Hear eyewitness accounts about the temple during the Second World War and how the temple helped heal the wounds of both Americans and Japanese. Learn how one well known Hawaiian relied on his faith and priesthood as he faced the 1946 tsunami and survived. Hear how the 1978 and 2010 temple rededication strengthened members' testimonies and commitment to serve in the temple.
Stories of the Temple in Lā'ie, Hawai'i shared more than a hundred faith-promoting experiences in this unique house of the Lord, the fifth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The year 2019 marks the hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the Laie Hawaii Temple. As the first temple outside North America, the Hawaii Temple has been a gathering place for people from the isles of the sea and Asia. This book shares a hundred years of history through the eyes of the individuals the temple has impacted.
Learn of the courage and the sacrifices Saints experienced as the journeyed from the outer Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, the Pacific, and Asia to receive holy ordinances in Lā'ie. Read about the miraculous lighting of the temple on April 6, 1930. Hear eyewitness accounts about the temple during the Second World War and how the temple helped heal the wounds of both Americans and Japanese. Learn how one well known Hawaiian relied on his faith and priesthood as he faced the 1946 tsunami and survived. Hear how the 1978 and 2010 temple rededication strengthened members' testimonies and commitment to serve in the temple.
Stories of the Temple in Lā'ie, Hawai'i shared more than a hundred faith-promoting experiences in this unique house of the Lord, the fifth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Southern Cross Saints: The Mormon in Australia
Marjorie Newton
Southern Cross Saints is the first book-length study of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia. It chronicles the Mormon involvement in Australia from 1840 to 1990 with absorbing narrative and dozens of historical photographs for the general reader and sound historical analysis for the serious student. Although the first Mormon missionary reached Australia from England 150 years ago, the Mormon Church "Down Under" remained small until the 1950s and the rapid expansion since. The initial chapters provide a balanced survey of the development of Mormonism from small American sect to worldwide church and give useful chronological methods, Mormonism's reception in Australia by by public, press, clergy, and government, the social composition of the converts and the relative effects of the Mormon "gathering, distance and isolation winning thesis for the University of Sydney, Southern Cross Saints is set firmly in the context of Australian social and political history, and should be of interest to Mormon and non-Mormon alike.
Southern Cross Saints is the first book-length study of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia. It chronicles the Mormon involvement in Australia from 1840 to 1990 with absorbing narrative and dozens of historical photographs for the general reader and sound historical analysis for the serious student. Although the first Mormon missionary reached Australia from England 150 years ago, the Mormon Church "Down Under" remained small until the 1950s and the rapid expansion since. The initial chapters provide a balanced survey of the development of Mormonism from small American sect to worldwide church and give useful chronological methods, Mormonism's reception in Australia by by public, press, clergy, and government, the social composition of the converts and the relative effects of the Mormon "gathering, distance and isolation winning thesis for the University of Sydney, Southern Cross Saints is set firmly in the context of Australian social and political history, and should be of interest to Mormon and non-Mormon alike.
Battlefields to Temple Grounds: Latter-day Saints in Guam and Micronesia
Edited by R. Devan Jensen and Rosalind Meno Ram
As World War II raged worldwide, the Japanese bombing of Hawai'i, Wake Island, and Guam caused war in the Central Pacific to break out. The islands of Micronesia became strategic battlefields between the Japanese and American forces during Pacific War, with both sides treating the islands as strategic bases or resources. The US military counterattack deployed waves of military personnel into the region, including many Latter-day Saints servicemen.
Battlefields to Temple Grounds features stories of how Latter-day Saints arrived during and after the war, helping rebuild the damaged infrastructure and gradually planting branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that spread throughout the islands of Micronesia.
Set against the backdrop of the Pacific War, book proceeds from east to west and then northward, telling the story of the establishment of the Church on Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Phnpei, Chuuk, Yap, Plau, the Northern Marianas, and Guam. It features firsthand accounts of indigenous members and mission leaders, concluding with stories of the missions, stakes, and temples.
As World War II raged worldwide, the Japanese bombing of Hawai'i, Wake Island, and Guam caused war in the Central Pacific to break out. The islands of Micronesia became strategic battlefields between the Japanese and American forces during Pacific War, with both sides treating the islands as strategic bases or resources. The US military counterattack deployed waves of military personnel into the region, including many Latter-day Saints servicemen.
Battlefields to Temple Grounds features stories of how Latter-day Saints arrived during and after the war, helping rebuild the damaged infrastructure and gradually planting branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that spread throughout the islands of Micronesia.
Set against the backdrop of the Pacific War, book proceeds from east to west and then northward, telling the story of the establishment of the Church on Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Phnpei, Chuuk, Yap, Plau, the Northern Marianas, and Guam. It features firsthand accounts of indigenous members and mission leaders, concluding with stories of the missions, stakes, and temples.