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A controversial churchman : essays on George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, and Sarah Selwyn

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  • Description

    New Zealand's first Anglican bishop, George Selwyn, was a towering figure in the young colony. Denounced as a 'turbulent priest' for speaking out against Crown practices that dispossessed Māori, he brought a vigorous approach to episcopal leadership. His wife Sarah Selwyn supported all her husband's activities, in a life characterised as one of 'hardship and anxiety'. She expressed independently her sense of outrage over the Waitara dispute.

    Selwyn promoted participatory church government, founded the innovative Melanesian Mission, and developed a distinctive style of colonial church architecture. More controversially, he battled with the Church Missionary Society, and was caught up in the bitter maelstrom of settler and Māori politics. His personal links with colonial and ecclesiastical networks gave him access to the heart of empire. These essays offer new insights into Selwyn's role in developing pan-Anglicanism, strengthening links between the Church of England and the Episcopal and Anglican Churches in North America, and his time as Bishop of Lichfield (1868--78). His place in Treaty history, as a political commentator and a valuable source of historical information, is recognised. George Selwyn left a large imprint on New Zealand church and society. This collection both honours and critiques a controversial bishop.

  • Place
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    BX5720.5.S45 CON (Library of Congress Call Number)

    45255 (Cat ID)

    93763 (DBTextworks system ID)

    39166 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    A controversial churchman : essays on George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, and Sarah Selwyn
  • Primary Maker

    Allan Davidson

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Bridget Williams Books
  • Place
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Date
    2011
  • Physical Description

    292 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781877242519
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Selwyn, George Augustus, 1809-1878

    Selwyn, Sarah Harriet, 1809-1907

    Church of the Province of New Zealand--Bishops--Biography/Library of Congress subject headings

    Church of the Province of New Zealand--History--19th century/Library of Congress subject headings

  • Content
    Introduction / Allan K. Davidson -- I. The Selwyns and New Zealand -- 1. George Selwyn as Bishop of New Zealand : Recovering Apostolicity in a Colonial Church / Warren E. Limbrick -- 2. Selwyn as Missionary and Colonial Bishop / Allan K. Davidson -- 3. Sarah Selwyn : A Help not a Hindrance / Janet E. Crawford -- 4. Selwyn Through Settler Eyes / John Stenhouse -- 5. High and even holy purposes : Selwyn in Treaty History / Grant Phillipson -- II. Selwyn and Colonial Anglicanism -- 6. Selwyn the Ecclesiologist -- in Theory and in Practice / Jonathan Mane-Wheoki -- 7. Selwyn and the Australasian Conference of Bishops, 1850 / Bruce Kaye -- 8. Bishop Selwyn and the British Empire : Imperial Networks and Colonial Outcomes / Rowan Strong -- 9. Bishop George Augustus Selwyn in North America : Missionary Hero and Ecclesiastical Diplomat / Terry M. Brown -- III. Selwyn in England -- 10. Selwyn as Bishop of Lichfield / Ken Booth -- IV. Selwyn the Writer -- 11. Episcopal Epistles : Selwyn's Correspondence / Judith Bright.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-281) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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