Book

Church and state in Tonga: the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and political development, 1822-1875

University Press of Hawaii • Honolulu • Published In 1974 • Pages:

By: Lātūkefu, Sione.

Abstract
The author of this source is an indigene, an historian, and an ordained Methodist minister. This source is a revision of his dissertation on the role of Methodist missionaries in the political development of Tonga in the 19th century. The source is based on secondary research and some fieldwork. With a very obvious pro-Methodist missionary bias, the author concludes that Tonga would not be an independent kingdom today without the help of the missionaries.
Subjects
Missions
Form and rules of government
Chief executive
Ecclesiastical organization
Culture summary
Classes
culture
Tongans
HRAF PubDate
2006
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Types
Historian
Indigenous Person
Cleric
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Marlene Martin; 1978
Field Date
1964-1965
Coverage Date
1820-1875
Coverage Place
Tonga
Notes
Sione Latukefu
A revision of the author's thesis, Australian National University
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296)
LCCN
73091461
LCSH
Tongans