The Polynesian Iconoclasm

The Polynesian IconoclasmWithin little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches one the size of two football fields were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced

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