Peter J LinehamPeter Lineham is Professor of History in the School of Humanities at Massey University's Albany campus in Auckland, having previously served as aPeter Lineham is Professor of History in the School of Humanities at Massey University's Albany campus inAuckland, having previously served as a senior lecturer at its Palmerston North campus. He gained his B. A. and M. A. in History of Canterbury, and then undertook doctoral studies at the University of Sussex. His thesis was on the English Swedenborgian movement. He has a B. D. from Otago University, and is the author of a number of books and articles on aspects of English and New Zealand religious history, including There we found Brethren (1977), No Ordinary Union (1980), Bible and Society (1996), Destiny (2013) and chapters and articles on such diverse subjects as Mormon Maori, Seventh-day Adventism, the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, Protestant sectarianism, the WCTU and evangelical trends. He is frequently used by the media as a commentator on religious trends in New Zealand Read More Read Less