The Anglican Church in Burma : from colonial past to global future / Edward Jarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarvis, Edward, 1975- author.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

World Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion--Burma--History.

Anglican Communion.

Church history.

History.

Burma--Church history.

Burma.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 214 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Examines the history of the Anglican Church in Burma (Myanmar) and explores its complexities, and its furture, in the context of world Christianity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 "The Only Natural Soil Available": Burma and the Arrival of Christianity

ch. 2 "A Devout Individual Churchman Here and There": The Church in Colonial Burma

ch. 3 "Fellow-Subjects of Our Gracious Empress": Peoples and Missions of the Colonial Church

ch. 4 "Where There Ain't No Ten Commandments": The Church in the Early Twentieth Century

ch. 5 "Patient in Tribulation but Resolute in Faith": The Church and the Second World War

ch. 6 "This Last Step in the Historic Task": Independence and the Challenges of Postcolonial Burma

ch. 7 "A Land and People of Promise": Intercultural Theology in a Southeast Asian Context

ch. 8 "Carrying the Cross": Perspectives on the Church in Burma Today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

0271091568

9780271091563

OCLC:

1240414033

Publisher Number:

99989818534