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English
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Between Biculturalism and Assimilation : The Changing Place of Maori Culture in the Twentieth-Century New Zealand Mormon Church
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New Zealand Journal of History
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October 1995
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29
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142-69
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The number of Maori Mormons increased very substantially in the 20th century, partly through effective missionary activity, partly through the renaissance of Maori culture, and partly because Mormonism held that the Maori people were Polynesian descendants of the ancient American-Israelites. Maori tradition, it was believed, contained remnants of divinely revealed religion and rites. However, policy veered over time between the complete assimilation of Maori into Mormon culture and behavior and toleration of traditional Maori customs as in marriage, funerals, and mythology. These shifts reflected the attitudes of church leaders in Salt Lake City and a pragmatic recognition of which policy would best serve Mormonism in New Zealand
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