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This paper aims to explore the acceptance and rejection of Protestantism and Catholicism in the Hawaiian Islands.

April 1, 20260 citationsOpen Access

カウイケアオウリ：ハワイ諸島における宗教的不寛容

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This paper aims to explore the acceptance and rejection of Protestantism and Catholicism in the Hawaiian Islands.
Historical review of Catholicism and Protestantism in Hawaii.
Comparison of the treatment of different denominations by Hawaiian hierarchy.
Analysis of consequences related to the rejection of Catholicism.
Catholicism faced significant rejection compared to Protestantism in Hawaii.
Forced acceptance of Catholicism led to tensions in religious freedom.
The historical context shaped the current religious landscape in Hawaii.

Abstract

This paper reviews the situation on the Hawaiian Islands as it pertains to the acceptance and rejection of two denominations of Christianity, Protestantism and Catholicism. Arriving in the Hawaiian Islands in the 1820s and 1830s, the followers of these two denominations were treated differently by the established Hawaiian hierarchy. This paper gives a brief history of Catholicism in the Hawaiian Islands, the reasons for its rejection, and the consequences resulting from that rejection. Consequences, as they pertain to this paper, were the forced the acceptance of Catholicism and religious freedom in the Hawaiian Islands.

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