Browsing by Author "Macdonald, Fraser"
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Emerging evangelicals: An ethnographic study of a Christian community house in Tauranga, New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Contemporary global evangelical Christianity, as exemplified by the Emerging Church movement, is a phenomenon which has many established and emergent trends. This is a study of how the young Christian residents of the ... -
The potters of Espiritu Santo : A socio-historical study of survival and loss of tradition
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This dissertation looks at the traditional pottery of the Cumberland Peninsula on the island of Espiritu Santo in the context of its relationships with its makers, their history, traditional institutions and contact ... -
Slain in the Spirit: Pentecostal-evangelical Christianity and the rise of witchcraft and sorcery-related violence in Melanesia
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Within Melanesia, there has been a startling rise in new forms of brutal, dehumanizing, public violence directed towards accused witches and sorcerers in recent decades. This new suite of horrific practices departs radically ... -
A Sea of Voices: Deep sea mining and the Solwara 1 Project in Papua New Guinea
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Deep sea mining is a new and increasingly important part of the capitalist exploitation of the world’s oceans. Situated off the coast of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, Solwara 1 is expected to become the world’s ... -
Smallholder sugarcane growers, indigenous technical knowledge, and the sugar industry crisis in Fiji
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This is a cross-disciplinary study that draws upon the agronomic, ecological, and social sciences to analyse the current crisis facing the sugar industry in Fiji. Its particular focus is the livelihood crisis facing the ...