The Bible and Art, Perspectives from Oceania

List of Figures List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction - Caroline Blyth and Nasili Vaka'uta 1. Analogies with Anathoth: Reading Land, Reading Jeremiah in the Paintings of Michael Shepherd - Emily Colgan, Trinity Methodist College, New Zealand 2. Darryn George: The Meeting of Modernism and Maori Tradition - Robin Woodward, University of Auckland, New Zealand 3. The Absurdly Ideal Jesus of Reg Mombassa - Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia 4. Architectural Expression of the Body of Christ - Murray Rae, University of Otago, New Zealand 5. Art as Method: Visualising Interpretation Through Tongan Ngatu - Nasili Vaka'uta, Trinity Methodist College, New Zealand 6. Sister Gael O'Leary: A Road Less Travelled - Robin Woodward, University of Auckland, New Zealand 7. Exploring Visual Exegesis: A Conversation Between Artist and Beholders - Caroline Blyth, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Alex Farrell, Independent Scholar 8. Michael Riley's Bible and the Touch of the Text (With Reference to the Gospel of Luke) - Anne Elvey, Monash University, Australia 9. Tatauing Cain: Reading the Sign on Cain from the Ground - Jione Havea, Charles Sturt University, Australia 10. Terry Stringer: From Scripture to Sculpture - Robin Woodward, University of Auckland, New Zealand 11. Berešît: Countersigning Maria O'Connor's Equus' Ashes with Derrida's L'animal - Yael Klangwisan, Laidlaw College, New Zealand 12. Is this the Place? The Promised Land in Colin McCahon's Paintings - Judith Brown, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 13. Of Birth and Death: Hearing and Seeing Then and Now - Elaine Wainwright, University of Auckland, New Zealand 14. 'The Painting is Suffering': Maori and Pasefika Boys Respond to Images of Christ and Peter - Jacky Sewell, Ripon College Cuddesdon, UK Index of Biblical References Index of Authors