ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns Fijian people’s deep sense of belonging to the land, to vanua, and how this became intertwined with belief in God, Yahweh from the start of the Methodist mission. It outlines the historical and political backdrop of my main research trajectory, from the first 987 coup to the coup of 2006, and discusses the interweaving of church and politics in contemporary Fiji in relation to the Christian state debate.
