Pacific Theological College : Theses

Date
1968-1993
By
Pacific Theological College
Reference
Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084
Description

Comprises microfilms of theses written by students studying for the Diploma in Divinity, and the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity and the Master of Theology. The subject matter mainly concerns Christianity and the organization of churches of various denominations (but particularly Methodist) in the Pacific Islands, with a strong anthropological emphasis in describing the organization and customs of various Island communities.

Language - Occasional theses in French

Source of title - Transcribed

The Pacific Theological College, situated in Suva, Fiji, is an ecumenical institution founded in 1966 to provide Pacific churches with a highly trained ministry. In 1987 it began a Master of Theology course in Pacific Church History. The thesis is an integral part of the College's Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology courses.

Quantity: 33 microfilm reel(s).

Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1996

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Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Format
33 microfilm reel(s), Academic theses, Manuscripts, Microfilms
There are 33 items in total.
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There are 33 items in this group.
Manuscript

Diploma in Christian Education projects

Date: 1979

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-11

Description: Other Titles - The Role of the church in rural development Other Titles - A Survey of christian worship in relation to Samoan concepts of \"Tapuaiga\" and \"Tautua\" Other Titles - Loyu and Christianity: a Tongan experience. Other Titles - The Church's mission in a changing society: redefinition of new areas of the church's mission with special reference to the Congregational Christian Church in Western Samoa Other Titles - Nationalism and the Christian Faith: a study concerning Christian Nationalism in Irian Jaya in the light of national and Christian unity. Other Titles - Indo-Fijian and Fijian relationship in Fiji. Other Titles - Leadership and the Church, with special reference to the Anglican Church in the New Hebrides. Other Titles - The Relationship of the Anglican Church and the Solomonis on the Island of Ovalau, Fiji Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Bachelor of Divinity thesis and project reports

Date: 1985-1986

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-22

Description: Records of the Methodist Church of Australasia Overseas Mission, further records of the Catholic Diocese of Papeete, Pacific Theological College and Fiji trades Union, Ministry of Justice and Government of Tonga, Melanesian Mission, Methodist Church of Fiji, and Council of Pacific Teachers Organizations. Other Titles - Christianity and spirit worship in Ysabel, Solomon Islands Other Titles - A Theological reflection on \"Ministry\" in relation to that of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, with special reference to the challenge of the Baptism Eucharist Ministry Other Titles - Te ao marama, Some aspects of the spread of Christianity in Takitimu, Rarotonga Other Titles - The Entry of Christianity into Mangaian society in the 1820s Other Titles - Church and heresy in the New Testament, a study of the four heresies in the New Testament writings and an appraisal of their relevance to the Methodist Church in Samoa Other Titles - Youth work and worship in the Church of Melanesia; Implications of the All Saints Youth for Christ for the Church's youth mission Other Titles - The Emergence of the Maamafo'ou Movement from the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Other Titles - The Theological appreciation of the faifeau in the Congregational Christian Church in Samoa; Is he Christian? Other Titles - The Prophet of Malaita, Solomon Islands Other Titles - The Church in the New Testament as the basis of the church today, with special reference to the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Bachelor of Divinity theses

Date: 1969-1970

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-02

Description: Other Titles - Marriage Patterns in the Ellice Islands. Other Titles - A Study of marriage patterns in the Gilbert Islands Other Titles - Sunday Observance in Samoa Other Titles - A Study of True and False in the Religion of Luther: insights for the Methodist Church of Fiji Other Titles - Adolescence in and around Tarawa. Other Titles - Jeremiah's Message in the Pacific Setting. Other Titles - Indigenization of Worship in the Gilbert Islands. Other Titles - Evangelization Other Titles - The Diocese of Polynesia, 1868-1910 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Project reports and Master of Theology theses

Date: 1990-1991

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-27

Description: Records of the Methodist Church of Australasia Overseas Mission, further records of the Catholic Diocese of Papeete, Pacific Theological College and Fiji trades Union, Ministry of Justice and Government of Tonga, Melanesian Mission, Methodist Church of Fiji, and Council of Pacific Teachers Organizations. Other Titles - The Integrity of Creation in Melanesia with particular reference to the concept of Khokholo (tribe) and the land in Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands Other Titles - The Coming of Christianity into Moorea Island Other Titles - Reconciliation; a Samoan ritual seen in the light of Paul's and Luke's message on reconciliation Other Titles - Divine presence in Moty society and in Luke/Acts Other Titles - Jesus and political authorities; Mark's teaching for Kiribati Christians' involvement in politics Other Titles - Problems of untranslatable metaphors in the Kanaky Bible Other Titles - A Rhetorical analysis of Genesis Other Titles - A Historical analysis of the schism between the Congregational Christian Church in Samoa and the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa Other Titles - Servanthood leadership criteria and priorities for the future ministry of the Congregational Christian Church of Anmerican Samoa Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Bachelor of Divinity theses

Date: 1983-1984

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-19

Description: Records of the Methodist Church of Australasia Overseas Mission, further records of the Catholic Diocese of Papeete, Pacific Theological College and Fiji trades Union, Ministry of Justice and Government of Tonga, Melanesian Mission, Methodist Church of Fiji, and Council of Pacific Teachers Organizations. Other Titles - The impact of westernisation on Faka'apa'apa in the Tongan 'api Other Titles - Samoan missionary experience in Tuvalu Other Titles - Love and marriage Other Titles - The problems of juvenile delinquency within the rural areas of Fiji Other Titles - The impact of tourism on Fijian culture Other Titles - Te Mauri, te raoi, ao te tabomoa: in search of a people's identity (Kiribati) Other Titles - The Christian faith at work in Koinawa (Abaiang, Kiribati) Other Titles - Pattern of leadership in Kiribati society Other Titles - Anglicanism in West New Britain Other Titles - One Lord, one people, many churches, moving towards ecumenism in Samoa Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Diploma in Christian Education projects

Date: 1982

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-18

Description: Other Titles - Tourism in French Polynesia Other Titles - Christian marriage makes a difference: an explanation of custom, civil and christian marriage in Futuna, Vanuatu. Other Titles - The Kiribati Protestant Church Other Titles - The Impact of the strike in Kiribati and the role of the church Other Titles - The preaching of John Wesley, with reference to the present situation of preaching in the Methodist Church in Samoa Other Titles - The Impact of social change on the Tuvaluan family Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Diploma in Christian Education projects

Date: 1980

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-12

Description: Other Titles - Parish Minister Management, with special reference to the Evangelical Church in French Polynesia Other Titles - The Effects of urbanisation on Malaita, Solomon Islands. Other Titles - Urbanization and the church in Western Samoa. Other Titles - Pomare IV - reign de Tahiti. Other Titles - Prophetism in Tahiti Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Diploma in Christian Education projects

Date: 1976-1977

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-09

Description: Other Titles - The Mission of the Methodist Church in Fiji as the Shepherd of God to the juvenile delinquents Other Titles - L'Evangelisation dans la lumiere des besoins actuels d'Eglise et du peuple en Nouvelle Caledonie Other Titles - The Understanding of the Christian Ideal of Eternal Life, with special reference to Samoa Other Titles - Towards Melanesian Christianity, with special reference to belief in spirit in islands of North Pentecost. Other Titles - Suicide in Samoa and a christian response Other Titles - The Ministry of the Congregational Christian Church in Fa'a - Samoa (Samoan custom) Framework. Other Titles - An education for tghe Kanak Liberation. Other Titles - The Foundation of the Methodist Church in Rewa. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Diploma in Christian Education projects

Date: 1980

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-13

Description: Other Titles - The Family and the church in the Islands of Abemana and Maiana in the Central Rebublic of Kiribati Other Titles - Tongan Diaspora Other Titles - Church and urbanisation Other Titles - Bible in people's development: an ethno-historical religious approach to reality of sub-regional church, \"grande terre\" and a collective experience of translation Other Titles - One People, One Church, Two States Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Diploma in Christian Education projects

Date: 1978

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084-10

Description: Other Titles - God's Will First: the analysis of the effect that the phosphate wealth ahs had on the Republic of Nauru in relation to the precept. Other Titles - The Concept of God among the people of the Marshall Islands Other Titles - A Study of the Corporate Personality Concept into the divine authority of the M'aneaba in the Southern Gilberts. Other Titles - Some theological reflections on the Land Tenure System in Fiji. Other Titles - Sunday school in the church in Tonga Other Titles - Development - an aspect of the church role; the role of the Free Wesleyan Church in Tonga. Other Titles - Universal suffrage as a fulfilment of the Church Mission of Humanization in Western Samoa Other Titles - A Study of the cultural and indigenous religious beliefs and their help and influence in the understanding and accepting of Christianity in Samoa Other Titles - Church and politics in Tonga. Other Titles - The Role of the church in rural development, with particular reference to Fiji. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).