Pursuing Peace in Godzone: Christianity and the Peace Tradition in New Zealand (2018) VUP is a collection of fourteen stories about Christian peacemaking in New Zealand post-WW2.
The book is edited by Drs Geoff Troughton and Philip Fountain, both Senior Lecturers at the School of Social and Cultural Studies, Victoria University. It provides a rich resource of contemporary stories about Christians in Aotearoa New Zealand work for peace, including stories of resistance in the name of justice and peace, stories about the restoration of relationships as well as stories about the overcoming of hostility. Drs Troughton and Fountain provide a helpful theological and reflective framework in their Introduction and Afterword for the peacemaking task which Christians are called to in Aotearoa. Collectively the stories reflect the diversity of engagement with peacemaking by the Christian community in New Zealand.