Cultural Revolution

Though the Polynesians in the past had abandoned some gods in favor of others, the substitutions and incidental changes were made in the same basic culture. The process of change proceeded along lines of natural growth and evolution. In the substitution of Jehovah for Rongo and the tribal gods, the Christian complex of a foreign culture displaced elements in the native culture that were associated not only with religion but with the organization of society and the arts and crafts. The results of the clash that occurred between two different cultures were revolutionary.