The Integrating Gospel and The Christian

<p class=p1><b>Fiji 1835-67</b></p><p class=p1><br></p><p class=p1>Alan Tippett’s publications played a significant role in the development of missiology. The volumes in this series augment his distinguished reputation by bringing to light his many unpublished materials and hard-to-locate printed articles. These books—encompassing theology anthropology history area studies religion and ethnohistory—broaden the contours of the discipline.</p><p class=p2><br></p><p class=p1>This volume contains two manuscripts. The first The Integrating Gospel combines a historical ethnolinguistic study of Fijian language an examination of Fijian culture patterns in interaction with the church and Tippett’s own firsthand experience as a communicator of the gospel to specific receptors at a specific place and point in time. From this Tippett is able to extrapolate broader ideas on contextualization and methods of gospel transmission.</p><p class=p2><br></p><p class=p1>In <i>The Christian: Fiji 1835–67</i> Tippett addresses the establishment of the Christian church and the spread of Christianity in Fiji with special attention to Ratu Cakobau. In this brief but in-depth study Tippett presents a strong case against the understanding that Fijian conversions to Christianity were primarily political as he offers evidence of the genuine religious and spiritual experiences behind these conversions.</p>