The Deep Sea Canoe:: The Story of Third World Missionaries in the South Pacific - Paperback

by Alan R. Tippett (Author)

The Story of Third World Missionaries in the South Pacific

This updated version of Tippett's 1977, The Deep Sea Canoe, describes a significant but often overlooked aspect of the expansion of Christianity in the South Pacific, that of South Sea Island believers who carried the gospel from one island to another in their deep sea canoes. It is a well-researched study by one who knew the islands and their people, a man known by the Fijians as one who spoke their language.

Author Biography

A native of Australia, Alan R. Tippett served for twenty years as a missionary in Fiji. He was Senior Professor of Antropology and Oceanic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary from 1965-1977. The author of numerous articles and books, including Church Growth and the Word of God and Introduction to Missiology, Dr. Tippett died in Canberra in 1988. The legacy of his writings, in English and in Fijian, will live on for years to come.