Matthew Clarke is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Australia.

This collection makes a valuable contribution to understanding developments in Christian mission and the links between mission and development activities, mainly in the Pacific island states. The authors write from the perspective of mission organisations associated with a variety of denominations about theology and practice, historical and contemporary engagement with development activities (including service delivery, community development and political movements), the links and distinctions between mission and evangelism, foreign and local churches, mission organisations and donor agencies. They claim that Christian missions make important and positive contributions to the achievement of development objectives but also, importantly, recognise and explore some of the contradictions and challenges.

• 1. Introduction: Good and God: Development and Mission Matthew Clarke Part I: History and Setting 2. Washing Our Dirty Feet: Christ and Development Jonathan Ryan 3. Christian Mission at the Crossroad of Development: Biblical and Magisterial Perspectives Jacob Kavunkal SVDPart II: Theology of Mission and Development 4. Fiji's Methodist Mission and its Role in Development through Education, Agriculture and Self-Governance in the early Twentieth Century Kirstie Close5. God i givim ples ya long yumi (God has given us this land): The Role of the Church in Building Pacific nations Matthew Clarke 6. The God Factor: Adventism, Medical Missionaries and 'Development' in Papua New Guinea Brad Watson Part III: Case Studies: Mission Organisations and Development 7. The Micah Mandate: An Evangelical View Steve Bradbury 8. Palms Australia: Missionaries, International Development Volunteers and Beyond: Prophetic Wisdom for Cross-Cultural Engagement Roger O'Halloran 9. Blurring Mission and Development in the Mennonite Central Committee Philip Fountain 10. Uniting World: Partnership for Effective Involvement in Mission including Development Kerry Enright and Vicki-Ann Ware 11. Mission and the Wane of the Secular Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Matthew Clarke Index