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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Cook, Chris, 1950- author.     Subjects     Sandwich Islands Mission     Missions -- Hawaii -- History -- 19th century.     Missionaries -- Hawaii -- History -- 19th century.     Hawaii -- Centennial celebrations, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cook, Chris, 1950- author.       by title:      Preparing the way : ...         MARC Display

Preparing the way : a pictorial history for the Hawaiʻi Mission Bicentennial 1820-2020 featuring images of events held in New England in 2019 : how native Hawaiians joined with American Protestant missionaries in New England and together brought Christianity and the Bible to Hawaiʻi / Christopher L. Cook. by Cook, Chris, 1950- author. Waimea, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi : Paʻa Studios, 2020. Subjects Sandwich Islands Mission   Missions -- Hawaii -- History -- 19th century.   Missionaries -- Hawaii -- History -- 19th century.   Hawaii -- Centennial celebrations, etc. ISBN:  9780578580456 (paper over board : hardback) : 0578580454 (paper over board : hardback) Description:  ix, 150 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Preparing the Way presents a concise pictorial account of the first American Protestant mission to arrive in Hawai‘i as told through the lives of three Polynesian men: ‘Opukaha‘ia (Henry Obookiah) and his close companion Hopu (Thomas Hopoo) were instrumental in requesting the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to send a Protestant missionary company to Hawai‘i. The untimely death of ‘Opukaha‘ia in 1818 led to the publication of his Memoirs, which in turn drew financial and spiritual support from across the United States for the formation of the pioneer American Protestant missionary company to Hawai‘i. They departed for Hawai‘i from Boston in October 1819. Their arrival in Hawai‘i led to the conversion to Christianity of the majority of the ali‘i nui rulers of Hawai‘i and their people, and the rapid spread of literacy as the Hawaiian people sought to read Bible scriptures printed in the Hawaiian language. In 1822, the Tahitian Christian ali‘i, Auna, explained the Christian religion in Polynesian terms to the rulers of Hawai‘i, ensuring the success of the mission to Hawai‘i"--Page [4] of cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 266.023 Co Non Circulating Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 266.023 Cook Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library R -- Hawaiian Reference H 266.023 Cook Non Circulating Add Copy to MyList Kahuku P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 266.023 Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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