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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edward Jarvis, Jarvis Edward
• Con la collaborazione di: Goh Robbie B. H. (Prefazione)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781978716988
• ISBN: 978-1-978716-98-8
• Pagine: 210
• Serie: Anglican Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; 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