The Last Heathen 5264286 168611739 2007-11-01T23:09:19Z Archanamiya 3332050 Tagged as a stub. :'''''The Shark God''' redirects here. For the 1949 film, see [[Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God]].'' '''''The Last Heathen: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia''''' is a book by [[Charles Montgomery]], published in Canada by [[Douglas and McIntyre]] in 2004. In 2006, it was published by [[HarperCollins]] as ''The Shark God'' in the United States. ''The Last Heathen'' is the autobiographical account of the author in his journey to [[Melanesia]], following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, Bishop Henry Montgomery, and to study the effect of his great-grandfather's religion on the people. Montgomery traveled to Melanesia expecting to find a volatile mixture of the tribal, pagan religion and Christianity. He found a comfortable hybrid instead, the two religions living in harmony. The book details his journey as well as his discoveries, from an atheistic point of view. The book won the [[Charles Taylor Prize]] for Literary Non-fiction in 2005. The book has also won the [[Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize]]. ==External links== * [http://www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca/2005/winner2005.htm Charles Taylor Prize] * [http://www.joewiebe.com/books/last_heathen.htm Book Review by Joe Wiebe] {{bio-book-stub}} [[Category:2004 books|Last Heathen, The]] [[Category:religious studies books|Last Heathen, The]] [[Category:travel books|Last Heathen, The]] [[Category:history books|Last Heathen, The]] [[Category:Melanesia|Last Heathen, The]] [[Category:Canadian non-fiction books|Last Heathen, The]]