Brian Fiu Kolia is Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at Malua Theological College and an ordained minister of the Congregational Christian Church, Samoa. His roots go back to the villages of Sili Savaii, Satapuala, Tufutafoe and Faleaseela.Michael Mawson is the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at the University of Auckland/ Waipapa Taumata Rau. He is a Pakeha (white) New Zealander with Scottish and English ancestry.