Ethics and ritual

Recently, I spent nearly five months on mission pilgrimage in Aotearoa/New Zealand … During my mission I had the honour of spending a good deal of time within Nga Tikanga Maori, the Maori branch of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. I listened carefully to both verbal and non-verbal communications regarding identity and theology; seeking the ways in which persons and communities interface their Christian faith with their personal and communal realities. As I worked, played and danced alongside my sisters and brothers in faith, I found the associations between personal and communal identity, ethics, and ritual compelling from two perspectives. First, I was curious how, individual, personal and communal identity as Maori and as Anglican are supported by and contribute to a larger, global understanding of both Anglican and Christian monikers … Second, I was interested in explori