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  Sanguma in Paradise: Sorcery, Witchcraft and Christianity in Papua New Guinea
Edited by Franco Zocca
Published in 2009

This book attempts to bring to light the increasing problems associated with the accusations of sorcery and witchcraft, witch hunts, trials, torture, and brutal killings in PNG.

It contains seven chapters outlining a detailed, more investigative, report from parts of the Central, East New Britain, East Sepik, Milne Bay, Morobe, and Simbu provinces on the phenomena of sorcery and witchcraft.

This edition of Point is the second volume of a two piece dissemination of a five year research project into sorcery and witchcraft in PNG carried out by the MI from 2003 to 2007.
 

 
 

Kaugu Gunan Ma Kaugu Pia:  My Village and My Land
by William Kenny Longgar
Published in 2009

This Point issue discusses the cultural and religious significance of the land to the people of the New Guinea Islands Region of Papua New Guinea.

The book also discusses a model of constructing a theology of land for the NGI region. The model embraces a high view of scripture and a high view of culture. It shows that God is the ultimate landowner and the land is his gift to Melanesians through the ancestors and the clan systems.
   
  Melanesia and its Churches: Past and Present
by Franco Zocca
Published in 2007

Melanesia and Its Churches: Past and Present deals with the growth of authentic Melanesian indigenous churches from embryonic stages to what they are today. Its central emphasis is on the current situation of the Melanesian Christians and Churches. Leading up to this, the author traces their roots historically and culturally.
  Alive in Christ: The Synod for Oceania and the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea 1998-2005
Edited by Phillip Gibbs
Published in 2006

Alive in Christ documents recent developments in the Catholic Church in PNG, starting with the Special Synod for Oceania in 1998, and its aftermath in the General Assembly of the Catholic Church in PNG.

Chapter Nine is made of 21 reflections that were written during a series of writers' workshops held in various parts of PNG during 2005. Eleven women and ten men, each in their own way, fashion a local narrative theology using the vision of Church from the General Assembly's motto "We are Church Alive in Christ". Through their stories the writers offer valuable insights into the varied life journeys of people in Papua New Guinea today.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


 

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