@phdthesis{140216,
  author          = {Weymouth, Ross Malcolm},
  pages           = {402},
  school          = {Flinders University of South Australia (Australia)},
  title           = {The Gogodala Society in Papua and the Unevangelized Fields Mission, 1890-1977},
  year            = {1979},
  abstract        = {This thesis traces the history of the Gogodala society of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea from 1890 until 1977 and examines the effects of European penetration into the society. Because Christian missions played a major role in Gododala history, the study focuses on the impact made on the society by missions. The first chapter portrays Gogodala society during the early contact period. Chapter two describes the advent of Europeans prior to the 1930s and examines the resultant social, economic and political pressures upon the society. Chapter three then gives an account of early attempts by the London Missionary Society, Papuan Industries Limited and Kwato Extension Association to evangelise the Gogodalas, for it was upon their foundations that the Unevangelized Fields Mission (U.F.M.) built. The U.F.M. entered Gogodala territory in the 1930s and proclaimed a new way of life. Chapter four therefore gives an account of the genesis, development and advance of the U.F.M. into Papua. Chapters five and six examine the methods of evangelism of the missionaries and the ensuing dynamic encounter between Gogodala traditional religion and Christianity. Chapters seven and eight examine the impact of the Pacific War upon the Gododalas. Traditional beliefs of the recruits were challenged while the fear and uncertainty of those who remained at home caused the society to turn towards Christianity. In the aftermath of the war, the U.F.M. sought to consolidate the gains made by the church. Chapter nine discusses the problems and achievements of the Gogodalas in the field of economic development during the period 1952-77. The mission's educational and health services in the area are also considered as important agents of social change. The establishment of an indigenous church was the primary goal of the mission and chapter ten deals with the emergence of the Evangelical Church of Papua. Although European contact brought a greater sophistication of beliefs and practices to the Gogodalas, a residue of their traditional intellectual assumptions persisted and these were manifested in various cultural adjustment movements. Chapter eleven deals with these movements, and the continuing role of the mission and the church within the society. The concluding chapter of the thesis attempts to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the U.F.M.'s missionary enterprise while the conclusion draws attention to the fact that it was the people themselves who determined the kinds of changes to make in their culture.},
  adviser         = {Hilliard, David L.},
  bestfn          = {papua\weymouth_unevangelized1979_o.pdf},
  besttxt         = {ptxt2\papua\weymouth_unevangelized1979_o.txt},
  cfn             = {papua\weymouth_gogodala1978_o.pdf},
  degree          = {PhD},
  delivered       = {papua\weymouth_gogodala1978_o.pdf},
  digital_formats = {PDF 17.44Mb image-only PDF},
  fn              = {papua\weymouth_unevangelized1979_o.pdf, papua\weymouth_unevangelized1979.pdf, papua\weymouth_gogodala1978_o.pdf},
  hhtype          = {ethnographic},
  inlg            = {English [eng]},
  isbn            = {9780591682625},
  lgcode          = {Gogodala [ggw]},
  macro_area      = {Papunesia},
  source          = {DAI-A 58/11, p. 4408, May 1998},
  src             = {hh},
  subject         = {HISTORY, ASIA, AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA (0332); RELIGION, HISTORY OF (0320); ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL (0326); HISTORY, CHURCH (0330)},
  umi_id          = {9816944}
}