TY - BOOK ID - 80831012 TI - The fixed and the fickle : religion and identity in New Zealand PY - 1982 SN - 9780889206779 0889206775 128223269X 9781282232693 1554585554 9786613810434 PB - Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity KW - Maori (New Zealand people) KW - Religion and sociology KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Sociology KW - Religions KW - Church history KW - Religion. KW - New Zealand KW - Aotearoa KW - N.Z. (New Zealand) KW - Nea Zēlandia KW - Neu-Seeland KW - Neuseeland KW - Nieu-Seeland KW - Niu-hsi-lan KW - Nouvelle-Zélande KW - Nov-Zelando KW - Nova Zelanda KW - Nova Zelandii︠a︡ KW - Novai︠a︡ Zelandii︠a︡ KW - Novai︠a︡ Zelandyi︠a︡ KW - Novi Zeland KW - Nový Zéland KW - Novzelando KW - Nowa Zelandia KW - Nu Ziland KW - Nueva Zelanda KW - Nueva Zelandia KW - Nuova Zelanda KW - Nya Zeeland KW - Nýja-Sjáland KW - Nýsæland KW - Nyū Jīrando KW - Nyu Ziland KW - Nyūjīrando KW - NZ KW - Seland Newydd KW - Uus-Meremaa KW - Zeelanda Berria KW - Νέα Ζηλανδία KW - Нова Зеландия KW - Новая Зеландыя KW - ניו זילנד KW - ニュージーランド KW - Māori (New Zealand people) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80831012 AB - This volume describes the effect of religion on the identity of the native Maoris and Pakehas (white settlers in New Zealand. The description is woven around the idea that the fixed (identity) is constantly "unglued" by the fickle (change). The Maori charismatic movements are seen as attempts to absorb the devastating effects of Pakeha incursion into a viable system of meaning. Yet the white white settlers, too, had to tame the discontinuities with the past and the ravages of cultural change. Religion is seen to be at the forefront of the struggle to defend and reinforce the boundaries around the variety of identities.In presenting his thesis, the author has brought together a wide range of information—other anthropological and sociological studies, historical accounts, official statements, and religious census data. The volume will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, and religion. ER -