Garry Winston Trompf (b.1940) in his outstanding academic career has inspired scholars in the fields of Stduies in Religion and the History of Ideals. In this volume his collegues and students critique and expand upon the world of this outstanding academic. The book is divided into four parts, Melanesia, Ancient World Studies, Philosophical and Methodological Considerations and Historiography. Authors address Trompf's research in works such as "The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought," "Early Christian Historiography" and themes of Melanesian religion that Trompf address in "Payback." No study in the religions of oceania or ideals of millenialism should ignore this critical assessment of Garry Trompf's work.

Carole M. Cusack Ph.D (1997) in Comparative Religion, University of Sydney (Published as 'Conversion of the Germanic Peoples') is head of department in Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney, Australia. She publishes extensively on new age spiritualities and the present state of religious sentiment.
Christopher Hartney Ph.D (2004) has a thesis that charted the rise of new religions in Vietnam and their millenarian dimensions. Recently awarded further qualifications in Classics, Chris examines the nexus between the millenial, the literate and the poetic.