Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Tag: <span>Māori Mormonism</span>

294: Māori and LDS: A Complex History of the LDS Church in New Zealand: Prof. Peter Lineham

In 2019 Professor Peter Lineham was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to religious history and the community.  And that honour is well deserved.  Few, if any scholars in …

272: A Māori Reflection on LDS Church Culture and Discipline: Mahuika, Rangiwai, Hikairo

Without any effort to contextualize or indigenize the LDS Church in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Māori are often asked to accept ways of being that get imported from Utah.  This ‘Utah’ worldview is  presented to LDS Māori …

195: Global Mormonism: Nepia Mahuika – Mormon or Māori? (New Zealand)

During the month of May 2017,  we look at Mormonism across the world and how Mormonism has made its way into cultural, national and social systems beyond the United States.  We discover that Mormonism isn’t …