week7-huie-jolly-maori “jews” (PBR)

What was notable about the maori was that when they felt the oppression from Christian institutions and missionaries as their land was being taken away one would have expected a complete dismissal of the religion that came with such an oppressive force.  However, instead of dismissing the religion that recast themselves into another narrative, that of the Israeties in Egypt, and saw themselves as suffering righteous ones.

~ by Yoon Lee on November 12, 2007.