The Legacy of Guilt: A Life of Thomas KendallThe archetypal story of Thomas Kendall, a self-torturing, struggling missionary in nineteenth century New Zealand, is also a remarkable history of cross-cultural experience. Posted to New Zealand in 1814, Kendall was immensely devout but entirely unprepared for dealing with Māori. He nonetheless helped produce the first Māori Grammar, but was hindered by rumours of an affair with a Māori chief’s daughter. Dismissed from his duties in 1823, he continued studying Māori culture until his death nearly a decade later. Long out of print, this work by a leading New Zealand historian tells an absorbing story of the difficulties and dangers of the evangelical mission. |
Contents
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Preliminaries | 13 |
Isolation | 25 |
In England the evangelical and the noble savage | 46 |
The missionary and the Maori | 57 |
Sin | 68 |
The heritage of Isaiah | 101 |
The lost soul | 134 |
Conquering kings their titles take | 158 |
List of illustrations | 167 |
Abbreviations | 168 |
Endnotes | 171 |
Bibliography | 247 |
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About the author | 283 |
Original print edition cover | 284 |
Thomas Kendall to Josiah Pratt ms 7166 | 144 |
A bibliography of published and unpublished material | 151 |
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