A History of Christianity in Indonesia / Karel Steenbrink, Jan Aritonang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steenbrink, Karel A., author.

Aritonang, Jan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1021 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.

Contents:

Part 1 The First Christians: Until 1800

Chapter 1 Christianity in Pre-Colonial Indonesia 3

Chapter 2 1530-1670: A Race between Islam and Christianity? 9

Chapter 3 Catholic Converts in the Moluccas, Minahasa and Sangihe-Talaud, 1512-1680 23

Chapter 4 The Solor-Timor Mission of the Dominicans 1562-1800 73

Chapter 5 The Arrival of Protestantism and the Consolidation of Christianity in the Moluccas 1605-1800 99

Part 2 1800-2005: Chronological and Regional Surveys

Chapter 6 1800-2005: a National Overview 137

Chapter 7 Old and New Christianity in the Southeastern Islands 229

Chapter 8 Christianity in Papua 345

Chapter 9 Moluccan Christianity in the 19th and 20th century between Agama Ambon and Islam 383

Chapter 10 How Christianity obtained a central position in Minahasa culture and society 419

Chapter 11 Christianity in Central and Southern Sulawesi 455

Chapter 12 Kalimantan or Indonesian Borneo 493

Chapter 13 The sharp contrasts of Sumatra 527

Chapter 14 Christianity in Javanese culture and society 639

Chapter 15 A small Christian flock in Bali 731

Part 3 Issues of National Concern

Chapter 16 Theological thinking by Indonesian Christians, 1850-2000 749

Chapter 17 The Ecumenical Movement in Indonesia with special attention to the National Council of Churches 823

Chapter 18 The spectacular growth of the third stream: The Evangelicals and Pentecostals 867

Chapter 19 Chinese Christian communities in Indonesia 903

Chapter 20 Christian Art in Indonesia 925

Chapter 21 Christian Media 951.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection

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ISBN:

9789004170261