Children of the waters journal article
Children of the waters: whirlpools, waiora, baptism and missio Dei Keywords: Missio Dei, baptism, indigenous, Māori, early Christian art, environment Abstract: From space, the Pacific glitters in ocean...
View ArticleRedeeming a Past: An Ancestor Perspective
It is a great privilege to be part of the launch, and a contributor, to Listening to the People of the Land: Christianity, Colonisation and the Path to Redemption, edited by Susan Healy. Susan...
View ArticleFor this Sabbath time
For this Sabbath time A stroll in life’s light Illuminated in silence Divine with human In steps Of writing First expressions Tracing the light in dark of community, institution, structure A path Hewn...
View ArticleMission Studies journal acceptance
Stoked to hear that my journal article – Cultural hybridity in conversion: an examination of “Hapkas” Christology as resistance and innovation in Drusilla Modjeska’s The Mountain – has been accepted...
View Articlechange of sabbatical pace courtesy of land owners
A change of sabbatical pace for the next week. After an intense period of writing, a week of indigenous learning, courtesy of land owners. First, a weekend haerenga (journey) with Karuwha Trust. A...
View ArticleIndigenous home-making as public theology – Wiremu Tamihana
Happy Steve, stoked to have a book chapter published on the life of Maori leader, Wiremu Tamihana, in which I argue he’s an extraordinary public theologian. The theme of home yields rich insights when...
View ArticleMerata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen theological film review
Monthly I write a film review for Touchstone (the New Zealand Methodist magazine). Stretching back to 2005, some 140 plus films later, here is the review for June 2019 Merata: How Mum Decolonised the...
View ArticleTheological Education as Development in Vanuatu published in Sites journal
Steve Taylor, Phil King, “Theological Education as Development in Vanuatu: ‘Wayfaring’ and the Talua Ministry Training Centre,” Sites: a journal of social anthropology and cultural studies 16 (1) 2019,...
View ArticleSide project research: turning 1 journal article into 2
So I’m working on an academic side project. A side project, according to wikipedia, is a project undertaken by someone already known for their involvement in another project. In this case, the side...
View Articlethe journey of a journal article – Cultural hybridity in conversion
“Cultural hybridity in conversion: an examination of “Hapkas” Christology as resistance and innovation in Drusilla Modjeska’s The Mountain,” Mission Studies 36 (3) November 2019, 416-441″ (here)....
View ArticleTheologies of fulfillment in a reciprocal study of relationships: article...
A few months ago, I was glad to be part of the World Christianity Virtual Conference. Being virtual, it was a great way to connect with missiologists, without the expense and time of travel. The...
View ArticleThe First Cow: a theological film review
Monthly I write a film review for Touchstone (the New Zealand Methodist magazine). Stretching back to 2005, some 160 plus films later, here is the review for June 2021. The First Cow Reviewed by Steve...
View ArticleHybrid Christology as resistance and innovation
Published! ““Hapkas” Christology as resistance and innovation in The Mountain,” Melanesian Journal of Theology 36 (2020): 81-101. There are lots of feels in this piece of work – a lot of fun to dive...
View Articlesettler colonial theologies conference abstract
Conference abstract submitted today – “Do this in memory of me.” The role of church buildings in constructing settler colonial theologies in Aotearoa New Zealand. (Dr Steve Taylor, Independent scholar,...
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