M.I.-X.I.M. Orientation course, Alexishafen, papers, 1972 June-July [microform]. [1972]

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Melanesian Institute for Pastoral & Socio-Economic Service. M.I.-X.I.M. Orientation course, Alexishafen, papers, 1972 June-July [microform].

M.I.-X.I.M. Orientation course, Alexishafen, papers, 1972 June-July [microform]. [1972]

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This document is a bound set of papers presented at a mission orientation course, convened by the Melanesian Institute and Xavier Institute of Mission, at Alexishafen, in June-July 1972. It is item NT/130 Pt. 2 of the notes and research papers on Rabaul and the Gazelle Peninsula collected by Reverend Neville Threlfall. There are 80 papers by T. Ahrens, G. Arbuckle, P. Brennan, H. Janssen, J. Knobel, P. Kuamin, A. Leadley, P. Pora, J. Noss, J. Tschauder, N. Threlfall, and many others, given at a mission orientation course in 1972, collated into four sections: Section I. Situation in Papua New Guinea; role of the Church; history of the Anglican, Lutheran, United and Catholic Churches in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Section II. Melanesian pre-history, culture, tradition, kinship; Millenarian movements and cargo cults. Section III. Theology, missions, sacrament, rites, morality, marriage, training of catechists and pastors, urbanisation in Melanesia. Section IV. Theology of development and liberation; Developmental programs, including papers on theology, medicine, education, vocational training, agriculture, land tenure, race relations and anthropological fieldwork. The papers are not sequentially page numbered.

1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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