Malcolm Dunjey
Reviews:
TO THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING
Malcolm Dunjey
Ark House Press
Malcolm Dunjey and his wife Audrey have certainly lived a full, exciting, often dangerous and always rewarding life. Malcolm was born in Perth and is an ordained minister of the Episcopal Church, the Church of Pakistan and a Baptist pastor. He is a doctor who with Audrey worked throughout Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, New Guinea and in indigenous Australian communities under conditions that can best be described as primitive.
To the City of the Great King is his autobiography but it is also a history and geography lesson of the many places where this remarkable couple served for 47 years. The book takes the reader to exotic places that we rarely hear about in the ordinary. The book also gives insights and brings a degree of clarity to the tensions that exist between Islam and Christianity. It also brings fresh insights to the plight of indigenous Australians.
All in all To the City of the Great King is an excellent book. There are parts that become a little tedious but this is just a detail in the overall adventure of two lives well-lived and lived to the glory of God. DS
TO THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING: AN AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR’S PILGRIMAGE
Malcolm Dunjey
Ark House Press
Malcolm Dunjey has worked as a doctor in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Yemen and the Northern Territory. In every place he has had adventures which were often scary. In New Guinea, in a jungle camp in cannibal country, he woke to find the guards sleeping, and his patrol in danger of attack. In Yemen, on a field trip in kidnap territory, the team encountered a group of armed tribesmen manning a roadblock. In every country the reader is given a description of the people, the place and the pleasures and difficulties encountered by the author and his family. There were crocodiles and cannibals in New Guinea, famine in Bangladesh, refugees in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Malcolm also talks about issues such as missionaries versus anthropologists in Papua New Guinea, Aboriginal deprivation in Australia and the looming population explosion in Yemen. The author explores the nature of mission and its role in the development of different countries. He also speaks of his own pilgrimage from a teenager to a retired doctor and minister. This book is worth reading not only to learn about many exotic places, but also for the thoughtful insights of someone who has lived and worked in many different cultures. JB