TY - BOOK AU - Corboy, Michael, TI - Between God and a hard place =: Kei waengarahi i te atua me te wāhi uaua : a re-examination of Church Missionary Society evangelisation of Māori 1814-1840 SN - 9780473596040 AV - BV2365.N42 C67 2022 U1 - 266.023 23 PY - 2022/// CY - [New Zealand] : PB - O'Corrbui, KW - New Zealand Church Missionary Society KW - Church Missionary Society KW - New Zealand Mission KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Church of England KW - Missions KW - New Zealand KW - Maori (New Zealand people) KW - Religion KW - Race relations KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Noho-a-iwi KW - reo KW - Kōrero nehe KW - Tāngata whenua KW - fast KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-432) and index; Foreword -- Introduction: for our sakes, no doubt, this is written -- In the beginning -- How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land -- Temptation and the prodigal son -- Fallen from grace -- Being born again -- Yet hear the world of the Lord -- Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? -- Teach others also -- And proclaim as you go -- There is no new thing under the sun -- When the enemy shall come in like a flood -- Epilogue : let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter N2 - This is the story of 19th Century evangelical Anglicans who determined to convert the people of Aotearoa to Christianity. As campaigners for their Christian God, they travelled to a country 12,000 miles from Britain, a perilous journey, to convert inhabitants of whom they knew very little. This book traces contact between two cultures, cosmologies, spiritual beliefs and practices ER -