Geering
and God: 1965-71 - The Heresy Trial that Divided New Zealand
by
Lloyd Geering
Throughout
his long life Lloyd Geering has wrestled with ‘God’, the deepest fundamental
questions of human identity and making sense of living in this world in
relationship with others. His great legacy is in provoking people to think
about these questions for themselves, for the wellbeing of society and for the
world. Allan
K. Davidson, Foreword
The
events surrounding the ‘trial’ of Professor Lloyd Geering for ‘heresy’ in the
late 1960s were unprecedented in New Zealand history.
In
the late 1960s Lloyd Geering became a public figure among New Zealanders when
he was charged with ‘doctrinal error’ – generally referred to as ‘heresy’ – and
‘disturbing the peace and unity of the [Presbyterian] church’. Led by a group
of conservative laymen, the charges were brought before the church’s General
Assembly in Christchurch in 1967 but were eventually dismissed.
These
dramatic events and those that followed through to 1971 are described in Lloyd
Geering’s own words in this BWB Text, sourced from his autobiography Wrestling
With God.
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