Keywords
Mana Māori, Christianity, Latter-day Saints, Mormon studies
Abstract
Dr. Robert (Rob) Joseph’s essay on Māori matakite (seers) is described and assessed, along with the contents of a book, edited by Dr. Selwyn Kātene, consisting of essays on twelve nineteenth-century Māori Latter-day Saint “leaders.” All these essays are indications that Māori scholars are setting out and defending the Māori Latter-day Saint narrative. These essays also make available to future generations the stories of some of the Māori who subsequently helped set in place a Māori community of Latterday Saints in Aotearoa (now the official Māori name for all of New Zealand rather than merely the name for the North Island). One crucial fact is that there were divine special revelations to Māori seers that opened the way for the message brought to them by Latter-day Saint missionaries. These essays will help Māori Saints (and others) remember and honor earlier encounters with the divine that yielded what was for at least a hundred years primarily a Māori community of Saints in New Zealand.
Recommended Citation
Midgley, Louis
(2016)
"Remembering and Honoring Māori Latter-day Saints,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 21, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol21/iss1/12
