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"The book breaks a new ground through the invention of the word ´otualogy. It represents a variation on the received task of a western theology which is expressed in conversation with Tongan cultural and social realities. It considers how the doctrine of God was ´miss-given´ by the missionaries, ´miss-taken´ by the Tongan hierarchy and thus ´miss-placed´ subsequently in culture. The argument seeks to move away from linear line of thought and engage with a ´tidalectic´ series of ebbing waves and flows. This book is unique insofar as its consideration of the missional legacy and consequences is through a theological doctrine rather than an historical study or through biblical hermeneutics. The argument is set within a wider context of international theological scholarship." Clive Pearson, Head of School of Theology, Charles Sturt University

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Sioeli is a minister of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga. He studied at Sia´atoutai Theological College for his BD. He gets his MTh in Theology with Distinction from the Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji, and his PhD from Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia. He is currently the Head of Theology Department at STC.

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