Anglican Church in Singapore - Mission and Multiculture, Renewal and Realignment

The Anglican Church in Singapore examines the church from multiple perspectives, expositing its unique place within world Christianity. This book documents the Church’s two-hundred-year history, from the conflicts and contradictions of British colonialism to the crucial and controversial disputes that currently divide Anglican Christians worldwide.

List of contents

1"To Pave the Way for Better Things" - The Arrival of Church and Empire in Southeast Asia and Singapore
2"Desiring to Enter the Fold of Christ" - Struggling to Balance Priorities in a Missionary Church
3"Wherever the Sun Shines" - From the Victorian Mission Boom to the End of Empire's Golden Era
4"Between What is Christian and What is Western" - Evolving Outlooks in an Age of Change
5"The Church in Times of Suffering and Persecution" - The Second World War, the Japanese Occupation, and the Aftermath
6 "More Fruitful and Urgent Tasks" - The Postwar Church amidst Conflict, Controversy, and Merdeka
7"The Deepening and Renewal of Her Spiritual Life" - Tension and Transformation in Singapore's Anglican Church
8"Indifferent to the Agenda of the Western Theological Intelligentsia" - Singapore's Anglican Church: Realization and Realignment

About the author

Edward Jarvis, PhD, is fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and an Anglican priest.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Jarvis, Jarvis Edward
• Assisted by: Goh Robbie B. H. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781978716988
• ISBN: 978-1-978716-98-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Anglican Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian, Singapore, History of Religion, Asian History, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England